RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Friesen, CN, Hartswick D, Selke, A, de Vries GJ, Petrulis A. (2025) Sex difference in the effects of ventral pallidum vasopressin 1a receptor partial knockdown on social behavior in mice, Hormones and Behavior, 174, 105792, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2025.105792. (PMID: 40716389)

 

Rigney, N, Campos-Lira, EC, Kirchner, MK, Wei, W, Belkasim S, Beaumont, R, Singh S, Guedez Suarez, S, Hartswick D, Stern, JE, de Vries, GJ, Petrulis, A. (2024) A vasopressin circuit that modulates mouse social investigation and anxiety-like behavior in a sex-specific manner, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 121 (20) e2319641121, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2319641121. (PMID: 38709918)

 

Rigney N, de Vries GJ, Petrulis A. (2023) Sex differences in afferents and efferents of vasopressin neurons of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis and medial amygdala in mice, Hormones and Behavior (invited), 154:105407. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2023.105407. (PMID: 37523807)

 

Rigney, N, de Vries, GJ, Petrulis, A. (2023) Modulation of social behavior by distinct vasopressin sources, Frontiers in Endocrinology (invited), 14:1127792. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2023.1127792. (PMID: 36860367)

 

Rigney N, de Vries GJ, Petrulis A, Young, LJ. (2022) Mini review: Oxytocin, vasopressin, and social behavior: from neural circuits to clinical opportunities, Endocrinology (invited), 163, 1–13: https://doi.org/10.1210/endocr/bqac111. (PMID: 35863332)

 

Rigney N, Zbib, A, de Vries GJ, Petrulis A. (2021) Knockdown of sexually differentiated vasopressin expression in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis reduces social and sexual behavior in male, but not female, mice, Journal of Neuroendocrinology, https://doi.org/10.1111/jne.13083. (PMID: 34978098)

 

Whylings J, Rigney N, de Vries GJ, Petrulis A. (2021) Reduction in vasopressin cells in the suprachiasmatic nucleus in mice increases anxiety and alters fluid intake. Hormones and Behavior, 133:104997, doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2021.104997. (PMID: 34062279)

 

Whylings J, Rigney N, de Vries GJ, Petrulis A (2021) Removal of vasopressin cells from the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus enhances lipopolysaccharide-induced sickness behavior in mice. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 33(1): e12915, doi: 10.1111/jne.12915. (PMID: 33617060)

 

Rigney N, Whylings J, de Vries GJ, Petrulis A (2020) Sex differences in the control of social investigation and anxiety by vasopressin cells of the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus. Neuroendocrinology, doi: 10.1159/000509421 (PMID: 32541145)

 

Rigney N, Beaumont R, Petrulis A (2020) Sex differences in vasopressin 1a receptor regulation of social communication within the lateral habenula and dorsal raphe of mice. Hormones and Behavior, 121:104715. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2020.104715. (PMID: 32067962)

 

Whylings J, Rigney N, Peters NV, de Vries GJ, Petrulis A (2020) Sexually dimorphic role of BNST vasopressin cells in sickness and social behavior in male and female mice. Brain Behavior and Immunity, 83, 68-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2019.09.015 (PMID: 31550501)

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Rigney N, Whylings J, Mieda M, de Vries GJ, Petrulis, A (2019) Sexually dimorphic vasopressin cells modulate social investigation and communication in sex-specific ways. eNeuro, 6(1), https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0415-18.2019 (PMID: 30693316)