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Selected Publications

Pope, L., Anacker, A. M. J., Brouwer Burg, M., Dion, L., Plouffe, R. R. B., Vivanco, L. A., Buckland Parker, H., Garrett-Ostermiller, J. (in press). Undergraduate student reaction to choice-based assessment: increased engagement, decreased stress, and enhanced self-efficacy. Journal on Excellence in College Teaching.

Schoenberg, H. L., *Bremer, G. P., *Carasi-Schwartz, F., VonDoepp, S., Arnsten, C., Anacker, A. M. J., Toufexis, D. J. (2022). Cyclic estrogen and progesterone during instrumental acquisition contributes to habit formation in female rats. Hormones and Behavior, 142(2022), 105172.

O’Reilly, K. C.+, Anacker, A. M. J.+, Rogers, T. D., Forsberg, C. G., Wang, J., Zhang, B., Blakely, R. D., Veenstra-VanderWeele, J. (2020). A social encounter drives gene expression changes linked to neuronal function, brain development, and related disorders in mice expressing the serotonin transporter Ala56 variant. Neuroscience Letters, 21(730), 135027.

Anacker, A. M. J., Moran, J. T., Santarelli, S., Forsberg, C. G., Rogers, T. D., Stanwood, G. D., Hall, B. J., Delpire, E., Veenstra-VanderWeele, J., Saxe, M. D. (2019). Enhanced social dominance and altered neuronal excitability in the prefrontal cortex of male KCC2b mutant mice. Autism Research, 12(5), 732-743.

Rogers, T. D.+, Anacker, A. M. J.+, Kerr, T., Forsberg, C. G., Wang, J., Zhang, B., Veenstra-VanderWeele, J. (2017). Effects of a social stimulus on gene expression in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome. Molecular Autism, 8, 30. PMCID:PMC5481916

Simmler, L., Anacker, A. M. J., Levin, M. H., Vaswani, N. M., Gresch, P. J., Nackenoff, A. G., Anastasio, N. C., Stutz, S. J., Cunningham, K. A., Wang, J., Zhang, B., Henry, L. K., Stewart A, Veenstra-VanderWeele, J., Blakely RD (2017). Blockade of the 5-HT transporter contributes to the behavioural, neuronal and molecular effects of cocaine. British Journal of Pharmacology, 174(16), 2716-2738. PMCID:PMC5522997 

Muller, C. L., Anacker, A. M. J., Rogers, T. D., Goeden, N., Keller, E. H., Wender, C. L. A., Wang, J., Anderson, G. M., Stanwood, G. D., Zhang, B., Blakely, R. D., Bonnin, A., Veenstra-VanderWeele, J. (2017). Maternal serotonin transporter genotype alters placental function, forebrain serotonin, and neurodevelopment. Neuropsychopharmacology, 42, 427-436.

Anacker, A. M. J., *Christensen, J. D., *LaFlamme, E. M., *Grunberg, D. M., Beery, A. K. (2016). Septal oxytocin administration impairs peer affiliation via V1a receptors in female meadow voles. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 68,156-162. PMCID:PMC4851907

Anacker, A. M. J., *Reitz, K. M., Goodwin, N. L., Beery, A. K. (2016). Stress impairs new but not established relationships in seasonally social voles. Hormones and Behavior, 79(52), 7. ;

Muller, C. L., Anacker, A. M. J., Veenstra-VanderWeele, J. (2015). The serotonin system in autism spectrum disorder: from biomarker to animal models. Neuroscience, 321,(24), 41. PMCID:PMC4824539 DOI:

Anacker, A. M. J., Smith, M. L., Ryabinin, A. E. (2014). Establishment of stable dominance interactions in prairie vole peers: relationships with alcohol drinking and activation of the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus. Social Neuroscience, 9(5), 484-94. PMCID:PMC4349411 

Anacker, A. M. J., Ahern, T. H., Hostetler, C. M., Dufour, B. D., Smith, M. L., Cocking, D. L., Young, L. J., Loftis, J. M., Ryabinin, A. E. (2014). Drinking alcohol has sex-dependent effects on pair bond formation in prairie voles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(16), 6052-7. PMCID:PMC4000860 

Anacker, A. M. J. & Beery, A. K. (2013). Life in groups: the roles of oxytocin in mammalian sociality. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 7, 185. PMCID:PMC3858648

Invited review for Research Topic: Oxytocin’s routes in social behavior: into the 21^st century. 

Anacker, A. M. J. & Ryabinin, A. E. (2013). Identification of subpopulations of prairie voles differentially susceptible to peer influence to decrease high alcohol intake. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 4, 84. PMCID:PMC3701123 

Hostetler, C. M., Hitchcock, L. N., Anacker, A. M. J., Loftis, J. M., Young, L. J., Ryabinin, A. E. (2103). Comparative distribution of central neuropeptide Y (NPY) in the prairie (Microtus ochrogaster) and meadow (M. pennsylvanicus) vole. Peptides, 40, 22-29. PMCID:PMC3625676 

Hostetler, C. M., Anacker, A. M. J., Loftis, J. M., Ryabinin, A. E. (2012). Social housing and alcohol drinking in male-female pairs of prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster). Psychopharmacology (Berl), 224(1), 121-32. PMCID:PMC3827960 

Anacker, A. M. J., Ahern, T. H., Young, L. J., Ryabinin, A. E. (2012). The role of early life experience and species differences in alcohol intake in microtine rodents. PLoS ONE 7(6),  e39753. PMCID:PMC3382173 

Anacker, A. M. J., Loftis, J. M., Ryabinin, A. E. (2011). Alcohol intake in prairie voles is influenced by the drinking level of a peer. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 35(10), 1884-90. PMCID:PMC3158264 

Giardino, W. J., Pastor, R., Anacker, A. M. J., Spangler, E., Cote, D. M., Li, J., Stenzel-Poore, M., Mark, G. P., Phillips, T. J., Ryabinin, A. E. (2011). Dissection of corticotropin-releasing factor system involvement in locomotor sensitivity to methamphetamine. Genes, Brain and Behavior, 10(1), 78-89. PMCID:PMC3025045 

Ford, M. M., Fretwell, A. M., Anacker, A. M. J., Crabbe, J. C., Mark, G. P., Finn, D. A. (2011). The influence of selection for ethanol withdrawal severity on traits associated with ethanol self-administration and reinforcement. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 35(2), 326-37. PMCID:PMC3058687 

Anacker, A. M. J., Loftis, J. M., Kaur, S., Ryabinin, A. E. (2011). Prairie voles as a novel model of socially-facilitated excessive drinking. Addiction Biology, 16(1), 92-107. PMCID:PMC2950896 

Anacker, A. M. J., Ryabinin, A. E. (2010). Biological contribution to social influences on alcohol drinking: evidence from animal models. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 7(2), 473-493. PMCID:PMC2872279 

Spangler, E., Cote, D. M., Anacker, A. M. J., Mark, G. P., Ryabinin, A. E. (2009). Differential sensitivity of the peri oculomotor urocortin-containing neurons to ethanol, psychostimulants and stress in mice and rats. Neuroscience, 160(1), 115-25. PMCID:PMC2668734