Alexander G. Ophir

Cornell University — United States

Psychology · Social Sciences

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Research Topics

Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior(75), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior(48), Attachment and Relationship Dynamics(25), Animal Behavior and Reproduction(22), Stress Responses and Cortisol(11)

Publications98 total

Adolescent social instability stress alters social processes in male prairie voles
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience·2026Open Access
Episodic memory and reproductive condition could independently influence the pair bond maintenance in the male prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster): Ecological implications and translational relevance in the study of sub-clinical manifestations of schizophrenia
Behavioural Brain Research·2025
The effect of vasotocin on social recognition in juvenile bluetongue skinks
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025Open Access
Effects of short-term isolation on social behaviors in prairie voles
PLoS ONE·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Effects of short-term isolation on vocal and non-vocal social behaviors in prairie voles
2024· 1 citedOpen Access
PSYCH 6001- Fall 2024
eCommons (Cornell University)·2024
Epigenetic aging studies of pair bonding in prairie voles
Scientific Reports·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Paternal absence and increased caregiving independently and interactively shape the development of male prairie voles at subadult and adult life stages
Hormones and Behavior·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Re‐wiring of the bonded brain: Gene expression among pair bonded female prairie voles changes as they transition to motherhood
Genes Brain & Behavior·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Characterization of oxytocin and vasopressin receptors in the Southern giant pouched rat and comparison to other rodents
Frontiers in Endocrinology·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Dorsal CA1 lesions of the hippocampus impact mating tactics in prairie voles by shifting non-monogamous males’ use of space to resemble monogamous males
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience·2024Open Access
Neuroendocrine Mechanisms Underlying Reproductive Decision Making Across Taxa
Masterclass in neuroendocrinology·2024· 2 cited
Bonding against the odds: Male prairie vole response to the “widow effect” among females
Behavioural Processes·2023· 1 cited
Plasticity in parental behavior and vasopressin: responses to co-parenting, pup age, and an acute stressor are experience-dependent
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
A test of the social behavior network reveals differential patterns of neural responses to social novelty in bonded, but not non-bonded, male prairie voles
Hormones and Behavior·2023· 8 citedOpen Access
Isolation of <i>Actinomyces cricetomyis</i> sp. nov from orocervicofacial abscesses of African giant pouched rats ( <i>Cricetomys ansorgei</i> )
2023Open Access
Motherhood and DREADD manipulation of the nucleus accumbens weaken established pair bonds in female prairie voles
Hormones and Behavior·2023· 10 citedOpen Access
Plasticity in parental behavior and vasopressin: Responses to co-parenting, pup age, and an acute stressor are experience-dependent
2023Open Access
Extreme plasticity of reproductive state in a female rodent
Current Biology·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Effects of social context manipulation on dorsal and ventral hippocampal neuronal responses
Hippocampus·2023· 14 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Steven M. Phelps(13), Aubrey M. Kelly(6), Jerry O. Wolff(4), Polly Campbell(4), Bennett G. Galef(4), Lisa C. Hiura(4), George S. Prounis(4), Da‐Jiang Zheng(3), Tomica D. Blocker(3), Angela R. Freeman(3), Lindsay L. Sailer(3), James F. Gillooly(2), Anna Bess Sorin(2), Lauren S. Foley(2), Asad Ur Rehman(2), Alexander G. Saunders(2), Michael J. Sheehan(2), Ashley Park(2), Mariam Okhovat(1), Alejandro Berrío(1)