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  • 2009 - Hellman Fellow

Overview

Brian C. Trainor is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Psychology and Neuroscience, with particular attention to Social Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics of Trainor's work include:

  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling

Trainor has authored numerous papers published in a variety of scientific venues. Notable recent publications include:

  • Extrahypothalamic oxytocin neurons drive stress-induced social vigilance and avoidance, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Social approach and social vigilance are differentially regulated by oxytocin receptors in the nucleus accumbens, 2020, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • What's wrong with my experiment?: The impact of hidden variables on neuropsychopharmacology research, 2022, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Convergent neuroendocrine mechanisms of social buffering and stress contagion, 2021, Hormones and Behavior
  • Sex-specific effects of social defeat stress on miRNA expression in the anterior BNST, 2020, Behavioural Brain Research

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Trainor include:

  • Natalia Duque-Wilckens
  • Stephanie Ramos-Maciel
  • Pei Luo
  • Alison V. Ramirez
  • Vanessa A. Minie

Trainor's work has been published multiple times in key scientific journals and platforms such as:

  • Hormones and Behavior
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Among recognitions, Trainor was named a Hellman Fellow in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Neural mechanisms of aggression

    Randy J. Nelson;Brian C. Trainor

  • Testosterone, Paternal Behavior, and Aggression in the Monogamous California Mouse (Peromyscus californicus)

    Brian C. Trainor;Catherine A. Marler

  • Testosterone promotes paternal behaviour in a monogamous mammal via conversion to oestrogen.

    Brian C. Trainor;Catherine A. Marler

  • Opposing hormonal mechanisms of aggression revealed through short-lived testosterone manipulations and multiple winning experiences

    Brian C Trainor;Ian M Bird;Catherine A Marler

  • Sex differences in social interaction behavior following social defeat stress in the monogamous California mouse (Peromyscus californicus).

    Brian C. Trainor;Michael C. Pride;Rosalina Villalon Landeros;Nicholas W. Knoblauch

  • Estrogenic encounters: how interactions between aromatase and the environment modulate aggression.

    Brian C. Trainor;Helen H. Kyomen;Catherine A. Marler

  • Oxytocin Receptors in the Anteromedial Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis Promote Stress-Induced Social Avoidance in Female California Mice.

    Natalia Duque-Wilckens;Michael Q. Steinman;Marta Busnelli;Bice Chini

  • Stress responses and the mesolimbic dopamine system: social contexts and sex differences.

    Brian C. Trainor

  • Variation in aromatase activity in the medial preoptic area and plasma progesterone is associated with the onset of paternal behavior.

    Brian C. Trainor;Ian M. Bird;Noel A. Alday;Barney A. Schlinger

  • Paternal behavior influences development of aggression and vasopressin expression in male California mouse offspring

    Cristianne R.M. Frazier;Brian C. Trainor;Catherine J. Cravens;Tina K. Whitney

  • Sex-Specific Effects of Stress on Oxytocin Neurons Correspond With Responses to Intranasal Oxytocin

    Michael Q. Steinman;Natalia Duque-Wilckens;Gian D. Greenberg;Rebecca Hao

  • Conserved transcriptomic profiles underpin monogamy across vertebrates.

    Rebecca L. Young;Michael H. Ferkin;Nina F. Ockendon-Powell;Veronica N. Orr

  • Deletion of the Kv2.1 delayed rectifier potassium channel leads to neuronal and behavioral hyperexcitability.

    David J. Speca;Genki Ogata;Danielle Mandikian;Hannah I. Bishop

  • Response to Wingfield's commentary on ''A continuing saga: The role of testosterone in aggression''

    Catherine A. Marler;Temitayo O. Oyegbile;Jessica Plavicki;Brian C. Trainor

  • Rapid effects of estradiol on male aggression depend on photoperiod in reproductively non-responsive mice.

    Brian C. Trainor;M. Sima Finy;Randy J. Nelson

  • Photoperiod reverses the effects of estrogens on male aggression via genomic and nongenomic pathways

    Brian C. Trainor;Shili Lin;M. Sima Finy;Michael R. Rowland

  • Individual differences in estrogen receptor α in select brain nuclei are associated with individual differences in aggression

    Brian C. Trainor;Kelly M. Greiwe;Randy J. Nelson

  • Extrahypothalamic oxytocin neurons drive stress-induced social vigilance and avoidance.

    Natalia Duque-Wilckens;Natalia Duque-Wilckens;Lisette Y Torres;Sae Yokoyama;Vanessa A Minie

  • Sex differences in stress-induced social withdrawal: role of brain derived neurotrophic factor in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis.

    Gian David Greenberg;Abigail Laman-Maharg;Katharine L Campi;Heather Voigt

  • Acute stress impairs cognitive flexibility in men, not women.

    Grant S Shields;Brian C Trainor;Jovian C W Lam;Andrew P Yonelinas

  • Social approach and social vigilance are differentially regulated by oxytocin receptors in the nucleus accumbens

    Alexia V. Williams;Natalia Duque-Wilckens;Stephanie Ramos-Maciel;Katharine L. Campi

  • Sex differences in stress-induced social withdrawal: Independence from adult gonadal hormones and inhibition of female phenotype by corncob bedding

    Brian C. Trainor;Elizabeth Y. Takahashi;Katharine L. Campi;Stefani A. Florez

Frequent Co-Authors

Catherine A. Marler
Catherine A. Marler University of Wisconsin–Madison
Grant S. Shields
Grant S. Shields University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Andrew P. Yonelinas
Andrew P. Yonelinas University of California, Davis
Camelia E. Hostinar
Camelia E. Hostinar University of California, Davis
Marc D. Hauser
Marc D. Hauser Harvard University
Michael H. Ferkin
Michael H. Ferkin University of Memphis
Austin L. Hughes
Austin L. Hughes University of South Carolina
Robin Lovell-Badge
Robin Lovell-Badge The Francis Crick Institute
Ian W. Craig
Ian W. Craig King's College London
Janet E Foley
Janet E Foley University of California, Davis

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