Donna Toufexis

University of Vermont — United States

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

28h-index4.4kcitations72works1.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Stress Responses and Cortisol(50), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior(36), Regulation of Appetite and Obesity(11), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology(7), Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones(7)

Publications72 total

Renewal of conditioned fear in a third context after either extinction or counterconditioning: Testing the effects of sex and hormones.
Behavioral Neuroscience·2025Open Access
Female rats retain goal-directed planning of action sequences after acute stress despite changes in planning structure and action sequence execution
2025Open Access
Influence of context on extinguished appetitive conditioning in male and female rats.
Behavioral Neuroscience·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Female rats retain goal-directed planning of action sequences after acute stress despite changes in planning structure and action sequence execution
Neurobiology of Learning and Memory·2025
Gonadectomy maintains goal-directed responding in female rats and accelerates habit formation in male rats.
Behavioral Neuroscience·2025· 1 cited
Author response for "Transcriptomic Dysregulation in Animal Models of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Nicotine Dependence Suggests Shared Neural Mechanisms"
2025
Female rats retain goal-directed planning of action sequences after acute stress despite changes in planning structure and action sequence execution
2025Open Access
Transcriptomic Dysregulation in Animal Models of Attention‐Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Nicotine Dependence Suggests Shared Neural Mechanisms
Brain and Behavior·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Author response for "Transcriptomic Dysregulation in Animal Models of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Nicotine Dependence Suggests Shared Neural Mechanisms"
2025
Transcriptomic Dysregulation in Animal Models of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Substance Use Suggests Shared Neural Mechanisms
2024Open Access
Female rats retain goal-directed planning of action sequences after acute stress despite changes in planning structure and action sequence execution
2024Open Access
Female rats retain goal-directed planning of action sequences after acute stress despite changes in planning structure and action sequence execution
2024Open Access
Renewal of conditioned fear in male and female rats.
Behavioral Neuroscience·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Acute stress facilitates habitual behavior in female rats
Physiology & Behavior·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Levonorgestrel maintains goal-directed behavior in habit-trained intact female rats
Hormones and Behavior·2023
Levonorgestrel Restores Goal-Directed Behavior in Habit-Trained Intact Female Rats
SSRN Electronic Journal·2023Open Access
Effects of sex and retention interval on the retrieval and extinction of auditory fear conditioning
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience·2022· 9 citedOpen Access
Cyclic estrogen and progesterone during instrumental acquisition contributes to habit formation in female rats
Hormones and Behavior·2022· 7 cited
Dopamine sensitization by methamphetamine treatment prior to instrumental training delays the transition into habit in female rats
Behavioural Brain Research·2021· 5 cited
Nicotine Pretreatment Increases Sensitivity to Reward Devaluation in Extinction
The Psychological Record·2020
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Frequent Co-authors

Vasiliki Michopoulos(14), Michelle Wilson(14), Sayamwong E. Hammack(7), Katherine M. Reding(7), Karen M. Braas(5), Víctor May(5), Zachary P. Johnson(5), Claire‐Dominique Walker(4), Mar M. Sánchez(4), Carla J. Moore(4), Olga Lipatova(4), Michael Davis(3), Kerry J. Ressler(3), Karyn M. Myers(3), S. Bradley King(3), Hannah L Schoenberg(3), John T. Green(3), Kristina B. Mercer(2), Bekh Bradley(2), Tanja Jovanović(2)