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Prosocial behaviors in rodents.
Michael J.M. Gachomba, Joan Esteve-Agraz and Cristina Márquez. Neurosci. Biobehav. Rev. 163(2024): 105776 2024.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002396
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Independent neural circuits encode the dynamics of social interaction in rats.
Natália Madeira and Cristina Márquez. PLoS Biol 21(11): e3002396 2023.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002396
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Pups’ cries shape neural circuits in mothers.
Flavia Ricciardi and Cristina Márquez. Nature News and Views 621, 693-694 2023.
https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-02545-1
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Open-source, Python-based, hardware and software for controlling behavioural neuroscience experiments.
Akam T, Lustig A, Rowland JM, Kapanaiah SK, Esteve-Agraz J, Panniello M, Márquez C, Kohl MM, Kätzel D, Costa RM, Walton ME. eLife 2022 11:e67846 https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.67846
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Multimodal cues displayed by submissive rats promote prosocial choices by dominants.
Michael JM Gachomba, Joan Esteve-Agraz, Kevin Caref, Aroa A Maroto, Helena Bortolozz-Gleich, Diego A Laplagne, Cristina Márquez*. Current Biology 2022 32(15): 3288-3301.e8
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.06.026
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Novel competition test for food rewards reveals stable dominance status in adult male rats.
Costa DF, Moita MA, Marquez C. Sci Rep 2021 11(1):14599 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93818-0
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Freezing Displayed by Others Is a Learned Cue of Danger Resulting from Co-experiencing Own Freezing and Shock.
Cruz A, Heinemans M, Márquez C, Moita MA. Curr Biol 2020 30(6):1128
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.01.025
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Programming effects of peripubertal stress on spatial learning.
Tzanoulinou S, Gantelet E, Sandi C, Márquez C. Neurobiol Stress 2020 13:100282
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ynstr.2020.100282
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Prosocial Choice in Rats Depends on Food-Seeking Behavior Displayed by Recipients.
Cristina Márquez , Scott M Rennie, Diana F Costa , Marta A Moita. Curr Biol 2015 25(13):1736
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.05.018
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