Search Results - "Tobiansky, Daniel J."
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Androgen Regulation of the Mesocorticolimbic System and Executive Function
Published in Frontiers in endocrinology (Lausanne) (05-06-2018)“…Multiple lines of evidence indicate that androgens, such as testosterone, modulate the mesocorticolimbic system and executive function. This review integrates…”
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Colocalization of Mating-Induced Fos and D2-Like Dopamine Receptors in the Medial Preoptic Area: Influence of Sexual Experience
Published in Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience (18-04-2016)“…Dopamine in the medial preoptic area (mPOA) stimulates sexual activity in males. This is evidenced by microdialysis and microinjection experiments revealing…”
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Sex Steroids as Regulators of Gestural Communication
Published in Endocrinology (Philadelphia) (01-07-2020)“…Abstract Gestural communication is ubiquitous throughout the animal kingdom, occurring in species that range from humans to arthropods. Individuals produce…”
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Androgenic modulation of extraordinary muscle speed creates a performance trade-off with endurance
Published in Journal of experimental biology (01-06-2020)“…Performance trade-offs can dramatically alter an organism's evolutionary trajectory by making certain phenotypic outcomes unattainable. Understanding how these…”
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Neurosteroids and the mesocorticolimbic system
Published in Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews (01-10-2023)“…The mesocorticolimbic system coordinates executive functions, such as working memory and behavioral flexibility. This circuit includes dopaminergic projections…”
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Testosterone and Corticosterone in the Mesocorticolimbic System of Male Rats: Effects of Gonadectomy and Caloric Restriction
Published in Endocrinology (Philadelphia) (01-01-2018)“…Steroid hormones can modulate motivated behaviors through the mesocorticolimbic system. Gonadectomy (GDX) is a common method to determine how steroids…”
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Sucrose consumption alters steroid and dopamine signalling in the female rat brain
Published in Journal of endocrinology (01-05-2020)“…Sucrose consumption is associated with type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cognitive deficits. Sucrose intake during pregnancy might have particularly…”
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Comparative analysis of meningeal transcriptomes in birds: Potential pathways of resilience to repeated impacts
Published in Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) (08-10-2024)“…The meninges and associated vasculature (MAV) play a crucial role in maintaining cerebral integrity and homeostasis. Recent advances in transcriptomic analysis…”
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Estradiol in the Preoptic Area Regulates the Dopaminergic Response to Cocaine in the Nucleus Accumbens
Published in Neuropsychopharmacology (New York, N.Y.) (01-06-2016)“…The sex-steroid hormone estradiol (E2) enhances the psychoactive effects of cocaine, as evidenced by clinical and preclinical studies. The medial preoptic area…”
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Cost-Reducing Traits for Agonistic Head Collisions: A Case for Neurophysiology
Published in Integrative and comparative biology (14-10-2021)“…Synopsis Many animal species have evolved extreme behaviors requiring them to engage in repeated high-impact collisions. These behaviors include mating…”
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Effects of aging on testosterone and androgen receptors in the mesocorticolimbic system of male rats
Published in Hormones and behavior (01-04-2020)“…As males age, systemic testosterone (T) levels decline. T regulates executive function, a collection of cognitive processes that are mediated by the…”
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Understanding how Age-Related Decline in Testosterone Affects Male Sexual Behavior: Neurosteroids as the Missing Piece
Published in Current sexual health reports (01-12-2018)“…Purpose of Review Age-related declines in male sexual behavior are often attributed to a well-documented decline in circulating androgens. Yet, several recent…”
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Maternal sucrose consumption alters behaviour and steroids in adult rat offspring
Published in Journal of endocrinology (01-12-2021)“…Maternal diets can have dramatic effects on the physiology, metabolism, and behaviour of offspring that persist into adulthood. However, the effects of…”
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Androgen synthesis inhibition increases behavioural flexibility and mPFC tyrosine hydroxylase in gonadectomized male rats
Published in Journal of neuroendocrinology (01-06-2022)“…Behavioural flexibility is essential to adapt to a changing environment and depends on the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC). Testosterone administration…”
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Effects of aging on executive functioning and mesocorticolimbic dopamine markers in male Fischer 344 × brown Norway rats
Published in Neurobiology of aging (01-12-2018)“…Aging is associated with changes in executive functioning and the mesocorticolimbic dopamine system. However, the effects of aging on different forms of…”
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Copulation induces expression of the immediate early gene Arc in mating-relevant brain regions of the male rat
Published in Behavioural brain research (17-10-2019)“…•Levels of Arc increased throughout the BNST, MeA, and posterior mPOA of male rats in response to copulation.•There was no effect of prior sexual experience on…”
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Sexual experience influences mating-induced activity in nitric oxide synthase-containing neurons in the medial preoptic area
Published in Neuroscience letters (05-09-2014)“…•Sexual experience increases levels of NOS in the medial preoptic area of male rats.•Mating increases activity in NOS-containing neurons in the medial preoptic…”
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Age-related changes in sexual function and steroid-hormone receptors in the medial preoptic area of male rats
Published in Hormones and behavior (01-11-2017)“…Testosterone is the main circulating steroid hormone in males, and acts to facilitate sexual behavior via both reduction to dihydrotestosterone (DHT) and…”
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The Medial Preoptic Area Modulates Cocaine-Induced Activity in Female Rats
Published in Behavioral neuroscience (01-04-2013)“…Drugs of abuse exert their effects by exploiting natural neurobiological reward mechanisms, especially the mesolimbic dopamine (DA) system. However, the…”
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Astrocytes in the Medial Preoptic Area Modulate Ejaculation Latency in an Experience-Dependent Fashion
Published in Behavioral neuroscience (01-02-2015)“…While sexually experienced males copulate at a higher frequency than sexually inexperienced males, there is still a great deal of variability in their…”
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