Publications

1. Dussenne M, Castillo M, Gunaratne PH, Hoadley AP, Saenz LA, Alward BA. Cell-type-specific architecture of the hypothalamus in a socially plastic vertebrate.. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2026.
2. Alward BA, Wells MF. Cichlid fish as a model for understanding social dysfunction.. Current opinion in neurobiology, 2026.
3. Shennard D, Mulliniks C, Ferrufino E, Manning A, Choy S, Ambosie R, Thevasagayampillai S, Pileggi B, Zimmermann L, Shen C, Kimmel A, Mapa R, Gunaratne PH, Duboue ER, Meyer WK, Alward B, McGaugh S, Kowalko JE. CRISPR screening reveals genetic regulators associated with the evolution of eye degeneration.. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2025.
4. Jackson LR, Dumitrascu M, Alward BA. Sex differences in aggression and its neural substrate in a cichlid fish.. Scientific reports, 2025.
5. Alward BA, Balthazart J, Ball GF. Androgen signaling in LMAN regulates song stereotypy in male canaries.. Hormones and behavior, 2024.
6. Dussenne M, Alward BA. Expression of novel androgen receptors in three GnRH neuron subtypes in the cichlid brain.. Journal of neuroendocrinology, 2024.
7. Lopez MS, Alward BA. Androgen receptor alpha deficiency impacts aromatase expression in the female cichlid brain.. Royal Society open science, 2024.
8. Jackson LR, Alward BA. Sexually dimorphic control of aggression by androgen signaling in a cichlid.. Molecular and cellular endocrinology, 2024.
9. Howard MR, Ramsaroop MG, Hoadley AP, Jackson LR, Lopez MS, Saenz LA, Alward B. Female cichlids mate with novel androgen receptor mutant males that lack coloration.. Hormones and behavior, 2024.
10. Jackson LR, Alward B. Sexually dimorphic control of aggression by androgen signaling in a cichlid.. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2024.
11. Jackson LR, Dumitrascu M, Alward BA. Sex differences in aggression and its neural substrate in a cichlid fish.. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2024.
12. Dussenne M, Alward BA. Expression of novel androgen receptors in three GnRH neuron subtypes in the cichlid brain.. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2024.
13. Lopez MS, Alward BA. Androgen receptor deficiency is associated with reduced aromatase expression in the ventromedial hypothalamus of male cichlids.. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2024.
14. Munley KM, Hoadley AP, Alward BA. A phylogenetics-based nomenclature system for steroid receptors in teleost fishes.. General and comparative endocrinology, 2023.
15. Howard MR, Ramsaroop MG, Hoadley AP, Jackson LR, Lopez MS, Saenz LA, Alward B. Female cichlids attack and avoid-but will still mate with-androgen receptor mutant males that lack male-typical body coloration.. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2023.
16. Munley KM, Alward BA. Control of social status by sex steroids: insights from teleost fishes.. Molecular psychology : brain, behavior, and society, 2023.
17. Jackson LR, Lopez MS, Alward B. Breaking Through the Bottleneck: Krogh's Principle in Behavioral Neuroendocrinology and the Potential of Gene Editing.. Integrative and comparative biology, 2023.
18. Alward BA, Hoadley AP, Jackson LR, Lopez MS. Genetic dissection of steroid-hormone modulated social behavior: Novel paralogous genes are a boon for discovery.. Hormones and behavior, 2022.
19. Stevenson TJ, Peng KY, Rouse ML, Alward BA, Ball GF. Social regulation of immediate early gene induction in gonadotropin releasing-hormone 1 neurons and singing behavior in canaries (Serinus canaria).. Physiology & behavior, 2022.
20. Hoadley AP, Fernald RD, Alward BA. Control of testes mass by androgen receptor paralogs in a cichlid.. Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology, 2021.
21. Alward BA, Laud VA, Skalnik CJ, York RA, Juntti SA, Fernald RD. Modular genetic control of social status in a cichlid fish.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020.
22. Ball GF, Madison FN, Balthazart J, Alward BA. How does testosterone act to regulate a multifaceted adaptive response? Lessons from studies of the avian song system.. Journal of neuroendocrinology, 2019.
23. Alward BA, Hilliard AT, York RA, Fernald RD. Hormonal regulation of social ascent and temporal patterns of behavior in an African cichlid.. Hormones and behavior, 2019.
24. Madison FN, Kesner AJ, Alward BA, Ball GF. Sex differences in hippocampal mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid receptor mRNA expression in response to acute mate pair separation in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata).. Hippocampus, 2018.
25. Alward BA, Cornil CA, Balthazart J, Ball GF. The regulation of birdsong by testosterone: Multiple time-scales and multiple sites of action.. Hormones and behavior, 2018.
26. Stevenson TJ, Alward BA, Ebling FJP, Fernald RD, Kelly A, Ophir AG. The Value of Comparative Animal Research: Krogh's Principle Facilitates Scientific Discoveries.. Policy insights from the behavioral and brain sciences, 2017.
27. Alward BA, Balthazart J, Ball GF. Dissociable Effects on Birdsong of Androgen Signaling in Cortex-Like Brain Regions of Canaries.. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2017.
28. Alward BA, de Bournonville C, Chan TT, Balthazart J, Cornil CA, Ball GF. Aromatase inhibition rapidly affects in a reversible manner distinct features of birdsong.. Scientific reports, 2016.
29. Alward BA, Madison FN, Parker SE, Balthazart J, Ball GF. Pleiotropic Control by Testosterone of a Learned Vocal Behavior and Its Underlying Neuroplasticity(1,2,3).. eNeuro, 2016.
30. Alward BA, Mayes WD, Peng K, Stevenson TJ, Balthazart J, Ball GF. Dissociable effects of social context on song and doublecortin immunoreactivity in male canaries.. The European journal of neuroscience, 2014.
31. Alward BA, Balthazart J, Ball GF. Differential effects of global versus local testosterone on singing behavior and its underlying neural substrate.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2013.