Alex G Ophir

Dr. Alexander G. Ophir

Associate Professor

Cornell University

Department of Psychology

Behavioral & Evolutionary Neuroscience

224 Uris Hall

Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA

Phone: (607) 255-3714

Email: ophir@cornell.edu

Twitter: @alexophir

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Freeman AR, Ophir AG, Sheehan MJ (2020) The giant pouched rat (Cricetomys ansorgei) olfactory receptor repertoire. PLoS ONE. in press.

Madrid JE, Parker KJ, Ophir AG (2020) Variation, plasticity, and alternative mating tactics: Revisiting what we know about the socially monogamous prairie vole. Advances in the Study of Behavior. in press.

Freeman AR, Aulino EA, Caldwell HK, Ophir AG (2020) Comparison of the distribution of oxytocin and vasopressin 1a receptors in rodents reveals conserved and derived patterns of nonapeptide evolution. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. in press.

Finton CJ, Ophir AG (2020) Prairie vole pups prefer mothers only when they are a unique resource, but fathers are the main source of variable care. Behavioural Processes. 171, 104022.

Prounis GS, Ophir AG (2020) One cranium, two brains not yet introduced: Distinct but complementary views of the social brain. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 108, 231-245.

Rice MA, Sanin G, Ophir AG (2019) Social context alters spatial memory in free living male prairie voles. Royal Society Open Science. 6. 190743.

Ahern TH, Ophir AG, Burn D (2019) Evaluating the stability of individual variation in social and nonsocial behavioural types using prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster). Behavioural Processes. 169, 103961.

Prounis GS, Ophir AG (2019) The impact of perinatal and juvenile social environments on the effects of chronic intranasal oxytocin in the prairie vole. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 213, 206.

Lee W, Hiura LC, Yang E, Broekman KA, Ophir AG, Curley JP (2019) Social status in mouse social hierarchies is associated with variation in oxytocin and vasopressin 1a receptor densities. Hormones & Behavior. 114, 104551.

Freeman AR, Sheehan MJ, Ophir AG (2019) Anogenital distance predicts sexual odour preferences in African giant pouched rats. Animal Behaviour. 148, 123-132.

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