Lauren V. Riters

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyAgricultural and Biological SciencesEnvironmental SciencePsychology

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This score is computed over theSindex pilot corpus and does not cover the full scientific literature. Scores are relative to papers we have ingested — papers, authors, and institutions outside the pilot are not represented. Methodology.

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Driven by 11 papers. Top paper: “Endogenous opioids facilitate intrinsically-rewarded birdsong”.

Endogenous opioids facilitate intrinsically-rewarded birdsong

Scientific Reports(2020)10.1038/s41598-020-67684-1

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27 citations

Alice Piepenburg, Jeremy A. Spool, Caroline S. Angyal, Allison H. Hahn, Changjiu Zhao +2 more

Individual differences in the motivation to communicate relate to levels of midbrain and striatal catecholamine markers in male European starlings

UNC Libraries(2020)10.17615/qvjr-6e96

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Lauren V. Riters, Keith W. Sockman, Sarah A. Heimovics, Katrina G. Salvante

Differences in dopamine and opioid receptor ratios in the nucleus accumbens relate to physical contact and undirected song in pair-bonded zebra finches.

Behavioral Neuroscience(2021)10.1037/bne0000494

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11 citations

Sharon A. Stevenson, Ana Armenta Vega, Cynthia A. Kelm‐Nelson, Charity Juang, Lauren V. Riters +1 more

Birdsong and the Neural Regulation of Positive Emotion

Frontiers in Psychology(2022)10.3389/fpsyg.2022.903857

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18 citations

Brandon J. Polzin, Alyse N. Maksimoski, Sharon A. Stevenson, Sarah J. Alger, Lauren V. Riters

Using seasonality and birdsong to understand mechanisms underlying context-appropriate shifts in social motivation and reward

Hormones and Behavior(2022)10.1016/j.yhbeh.2022.105156

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11 citations

Sharon A. Stevenson, Lauren V. Riters

Mu opioid receptor stimulation in the medial preoptic area or nucleus accumbens facilitates song and reward in flocking European starlings

Frontiers in Physiology(2022)10.3389/fphys.2022.970920

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8 citations

Alyse N. Maksimoski, Sharon A. Stevenson, Changjiu Zhao, Lauren V. Riters, Brandon J. Polzin

The medial preoptic area and its projections to the ventral tegmental area and the periaqueductal gray are activated in response to social play behavior in juvenile rats.

Behavioral Neuroscience(2023)10.1037/bne0000555

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10 citations

Lauren V. Riters, Changjiu Zhao

Behavioral convergence in defense behaviors in pair bonded individuals correlates with neuroendocrine receptors in the medial amygdala

Behavioural Brain Research(2023)10.1016/j.bbr.2023.114556

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6 citations

Nathaniel S. Rieger, Jeremy A. Spool, Alexis Payette, Lauren V. Riters, Catherine A. Marler +1 more

Distinct patterns of gene expression in the medial preoptic area are related to gregarious singing behavior in European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)

BMC Neuroscience(2023)10.1186/s12868-023-00813-4

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5 citations

Sharon A. Stevenson, Stephen C. Gammie, Lauren V. Riters, Brandon J. Polzin

RNA‐sequencing reveals a shared neurotranscriptomic profile in the medial preoptic area of highly social songbirds and rats

Genes Brain & Behavior(2024)10.1111/gbb.12908

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3 citations

Changjiu Zhao, Sharon A. Stevenson, Stephen C. Gammie, Lauren V. Riters, Brandon J. Polzin

Sexually-motivated song correlates with opioid- and dopamine-related gene expression in the rostral nucleus accumbens of male European starlings

Behavioural Brain Research(2025)10.1016/j.bbr.2025.115839

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Changjiu Zhao, Ella Butzine, Lauren V. Riters, Alyse N. Maksimoski