Acosta MC, Warren ID, Saltzman W and Razak KA. 2025. Sex-specific effects of experience with pups on perineuronal next expression in the biparental California mouse (Peromyscus californicus). Journal of Comparative Neurology. 533(11):e70104. doi: 10.1002/cne.70104.
Arquilla AM, Kokash J, Rumschlag JA, Wilson KM, Razak KA and Saltzman W. 2025. Early-life vocalizations and adult auditory brainstem responses in California mice (Peromyscus californicus). Physiology & Behavior 300:115011. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2025.115011
Wilson KM, Dwyer T, Ramirez AV, Arquilla AM, Seelke AMH, Trainor BC and Saltzman W. 2025. Parenthood and gene expression of oxytocin receptors and vasopressin receptors in sensory cortices of the male California mouse (Peromyscus californicus). Hormones and Behavior 167:105661. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2024.105661
Josefson C, Fitzwater B, Beltran R, Costa D, Fornara J, Garland T Jr., Harris B, Hinde K, Hood W, Hunt E, Kenagy G, Liebl A, Litmer A, Lopes PC, Misra D, Meuti M, Place N, Powers L, Saltzman W and Orr T. 2025. Balancing act: An interdisciplinary exploration of trade-offs in reproducing females. Integrative and Comparative Biology 64:1734-1756. doi: 10.1093/icb/icae092
Acosta MC, Hussein M and Saltzman W. 2024. Effects of acute inhibition of dopamine b-hydroxylase on neural responses to pups in adult virgin male California mice (Peromyscus californicus). Behavioural Brain Research 471:115116. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2024.115116
Shaikh N, Asif PY and Saltzman W. 2024. Inhibition of alloparental behavior by acute stress in virgin male California mice (Peromyscus californicus). Behavioural Processes 220:105060. doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2024.105060
Wilson KM, Rosales-Torres KM, Hussein M, Chan MG, Arquilla AM and Saltzman W. 2024. Effects of reproductive status on behavioral and neural responses to isolated pup stimuli in female California mice. Behavioural Brain Research 457:114727. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2023.114727
Wilson KM, Arquilla AM & Saltzman W. 2023. The parental umwelt: Effects of parenthood on sensory processing in rodents . Journal of Neuroendocrinology Jan 24: e13237.
Arquilla AM, Wilson KM & Saltzman W. 2023. Fatherhood increases attraction to sensory stimuli from unrelated pups in male California mice (Peromyscus californicus). Animal Behaviour 198: 131-140.
Wilson KM, Arquilla AM, Rosales-Torres KM, Hussein M, Chan MG, Razak KA & Saltzman W. 2022. Neural responses to pup calls and pup odors in California mouse fathers and virgin males. Behavioural Brain Research 434: 114024.
Acosta MC, Tillage RP, Weinshenker D & Saltzman W. 2022. Acute inhibition of dopamine beta-hydroxylase attenuates behavioral responses to pups in adult virgin California mice (Peromyscus californicus). Hormones and Behavior 137:105086.
Wilson KM, Wagner VA & Saltzman W. 2022. Specificity of California mouse pup vocalizations in response to olfactory stimuli. Developmental Psychobiology 64: e22261.
Horrell ND, Acosta MC & Saltzman W. 2021. Plasticity of the paternal brain: Effects of fatherhood on neural structure and function. Developmental Psychobiology 63: 1499-1520. doi: 10.1002/dev.22097.
Nguyen CTY & Saltzman W. 2021. Sex differences in offspring discrimination in the biparental California mouse (Peromyscus californicus). Journal of Ethology 39: 309-318. doi: 10.1007/s10164-021-00705-2
Nguyen CTY*, Zhao M* & Saltzman W. 2020. Effects of sex and age on parental motivation in adult virgin California mice. Behavioural Processes 178. (* - shared first-authorship). PDF
Andrew JR, Garland T Jr, Chappell MA, Zhao M, Horrell ND & Saltzman W. 2020. Long-term effects of fatherhood on morphology, energetics, and exercise performance in California mice (Peromyscus californicus). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 93:75-86. PDF
Perea-Rodriguez JP, de Jong TR, Kung E, Horrell ND & Saltzman W. 2019. Consequences of placentophagia by adult virgin male California mice (Peromyscus californicus). Behavioural Processes 166. PDF
Saltzman W, Abbott DH, Binkley N & Colman RJ. 2019. Maintenance of bone mass despite estrogen depletion in female common marmoset monkeys (Callithrix jacchus). American Journal of Primatology 81: e22905. doi: 10.1002/ajp.22905. PDF
Zhao M, Harris BN, Nguyen CTY & Saltzman W. 2019. Effects of single parenthood on mothers’ behavior, morphology, and endocrine function in the biparental California mouse. Hormones and Behavior 114. PDF
Andrew JR, Garland T Jr, Chappell MA, Zhao M & Saltzman W. 2019. Effects of short- and long-term cold acclimation on morphology, physiology, and exercise performance of California mice (Peromyscus californicus): potential modulation by fatherhood. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 189:471-487. doi: 10.1007/s00360-019-01219-7. PDF
Horrell ND, Saltzman W & Hickmott PW. 2019. Plasticity of paternity: Effects of fatherhood on synaptic, intrinsic and morphological characteristics of neurons in the medial preoptic area of male California mice. Behavioural Brain Research 365:89-102. PDF
Saltzman W. 2019. Reproductive skew, cooperative breeding, and eusociality in vertebrates: hormones. In: Choe JC, ed. Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior (2nd edition), Vol. 2. Academic Press, Oxford, pp. 448-453.
Horrell ND, Hickmott PW & Saltzman W. 2018. Neural regulation of paternal behavior in mammals: Sensory, neuroendocrine, and experiential influences on the paternal brain. In: Grattan, D.R. and Coolen, L.M., eds. Neuroendocrine Regulation of Behavior. Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences 43:111-160. PDF
Perea-Rodriguez JP, Zhao M, Harris BN, Raqueno J & Saltzman, W. 2018. Behavioral and endocrine consequences of placentophagia in male California mice (Peromyscus californicus). Physiology and Behavior 188:283-290. PDF
Zhao M, Garland T Jr, Chappell MA, Andrew JR, Harris BN & Saltzman W. 2018. Effects of a physical and energetic challenge on male California mice (Peromyscus californicus): Modulation by reproductive condition. Journal of Experimental Biology 221. doi:10.1242/jeb.168559. PDF
Saltzman W, Harris BN, de Jong TR, Perea-Rodriguez JP, Horrell ND, Zhao M & Andrew JR. 2017. Paternal care in biparental rodents: Intra- and inter-individual variation. Integrative and Comparative Biology 57:589-602. PDF
Horrell ND, Perea-Rodriguez JP, Harris BN & Saltzman W. 2017. Effects of repeated pup exposure on behavioral, neural, and adrenocortical responses to pups in male California mice (Peromyscus californicus). Hormones and Behavior 90:56-63. PDF
Zhao M, Garland T Jr, Chappell MA, Andrew JR & Saltzman W. 2017. Metabolic and affective consequences of fatherhood in male California mice. Physiology and Behavior 177:57-67. PDF
Garland T Jr, Zhao M & Saltzman W. 2016. Hormones and the evolution of complex traits: Insights from artificial selection on behavior. Integrative and Comparative Biology 56:207-224. PDF
Andrew JR, Saltzman W, Chappell MA & Garland T Jr. 2016. Consequences of fatherhood in the biparental California mouse (Peromyscus californicus): Locomotor performance, metabolic rate, and organ masses. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 89: 130-140. PDF
Bales KL & Saltzman W. 2016. Fathering in rodents: neurobiological substrates and consequences for offspring. Hormones and Behavior 77249-259. PDF
Kaiser K, Devito J, Jones CG, Marentes A, Perez R, Umeh L, Weickum RM, McGovern EK, Wilson EH & Saltzman W. 2015. Reproductive and immune effects of chronic corticosterone treatment in male White's treefrogs, Litoria caerulea. Conservation Physiology 3:cov 022, doi 10.1093/conphys/cov022. [PDF file]
Kaiser K, Devito J, Jones CG, Marentes A, Perez R, Umeh L, Weickum RM, McGovern EK, Wilson EH & Saltzman W. 2015. Effects of anthropogenic noise on endocrine and reproductive function in White's treefrog, Litoria caerulea. Conservation Physiology 3:10.1093/conphys/cou061. [PDF file]
Perea-Rodriguez JP, Takahashi EY, Amador TM, Saltzman W & Trainor BC. 2015. Effects of reproductive status on central expression of progesterone, oestrogen, oxytocin, and vasopressin (v1a) receptor mRNA in male California mice (Peromyscus californicus). Journal of Neuroendocrinology 27: 245-252. PDF
Saltzman W, Harris BN, de Jong TR, Nguyen P, Cho JT, Hernandez M & Perea-Rodriguez JP. 2015. Effects of parental status on male body mass in the monogamous, biparental California mouse. Journal of Zoology 296: 23-29. PDF
Perea-Rodriguez JP & Saltzman W. 2014. Differences in placentophagia in relation to male and female reproductive status in the California mouse (Peromyscus californicus). Developmental Psychobiology 52: 812-820. PDF
Saltzman W & Ziegler TE. 2014. Functional significance of hormonal changes in mammalian fathers. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 26: 685-693. PDF
Harris BN, de Jong TR, Yang V & Saltzman W. 2013. Chronic variable stress in fathers alters paternal and social behavior but not pup development in the biparental California mouse (Peromyscus californicus). Hormones and Behavior 64: 799-811. PDF
De Jong TR, Harris BN, Perea-Rodriguez JP & Saltzman W. 2013. Physiological and neuroendocrine responses to chronic variable stress in male California mice (Peromyscus californicus): influence of social environment and paternal state. Psychoneuroendocrinology 38: 2023-2033. PDF
Harris BN & Saltzman W. 2013. Effect of reproductive status on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) activity and reactivity in male California mice (Peromyscus californicus). Physiology and Behavior 112-113: 70-76. PDF
Harris BN & Saltzman W. 2013. Effects of aging on hypothalamic-pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis activity and reactivity in virgin male and female California mice (Peromyscus californicus). General and Comparative Endocrinology 186: 41-49. PDF
Harris BN, Saltzman W, de Jong TR & Milnes MR. 2012. Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis function in the California mouse (Peromyscus californicus): changes in baseline activity, reactivity, and fecal excretion of glucocorticoids across the diurnal cycle. General and Comparative Endocrinology 179: 436-450. PDF
Chauke M, de Jong TR, Garland T Jr & Saltzman W. 2012. Paternal responsiveness is associated with, but not mediated by reduced neophobia in male California mice (Peromyscus californicus). Physiology and Behavior 107: 65-75. PDF
De Jong TR, Korosi A, Harris BN, Perea-Rodriguez JP & Saltzman W. 2012. Individual variation in paternal responses of virgin male California mice (Peromyscus californicus). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 85: 740-751. PDF
Dlugosz EM, Harris BN, Saltzman W & Chappell MA. 2012. Glucocorticoids, aerobic physiology, and locomotor behavior in California mice. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 85: 671-683. PDF
Chauke M, Malisch JL, Robinson C, de Jong TR & Saltzman W. 2011. Effects of reproductive status on behavioral and endocrine responses to acute stress in a biparental rodent, the California mouse (Peromyscus californicus). Hormones and Behavior 60: 128-138. PDF
Harris BN, Perea-Rodriguez JP & Saltzman W. 2011. Acute effects of corticosterone injection on paternal behavior in California mouse (Peromyscus californicus) fathers. Hormones and Behavior 60: 666-675. PDF
Saltzman W & Abbott DH. 2011. Hormonal and behavioral responses to stress in lactating and non-lactating female common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). Physiology and Behavior 104: 446-453.
Saltzman W, Boettcher CA, Post JL & Abbott DH. 2011. Inhibition of maternal behaviour by central infusion of corticotrophin-releasing hormone in marmoset monkeys. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 23: 1139-1148.
De Jong TR, Measor KR, Chauke M, Harris BN & Saltzman W. 2010. Brief pup exposure induces Fos expression in the lateral habenula and serotonergic caudal dorsal raphe nucleus of parentally experienced male California mice (Peromyscus californicus). Neuroscience 169:1094-1104. PDF
Saltzman W. 2010. Reproductive skew, cooperative breeding, and eusociality in vertebrates: hormones. In: Breed MD & Moore J, eds. Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior. Academic Press, Oxford, pp. 59-63.
Saltzman W. 2010. Book review of Endocrinology of Social Relationships, Ellison PT & Gray PB. Quarterly Review of Biology 85: 101-102.
Saltzman W. 2010. Reproductive suppression. In: Mills D, ed. The Encyclopedia of Applied Animal Behaviour and Welfare. CAB International, Wallingford, UK, pp. 522-523.
Saltzman W, Tardif SD & Rutherford JN. 2010. Hormones and reproductive cycles in primates. In: Norris DO & Lopez KH, eds. Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates. Vol. 5: Mammals. Academic Press, San Diego, pp. 291-327.
Abbott DH, Digby LJ & Saltzman W. 2009. Reproductive skew in female marmosets. In: Hager R & Jones CB, eds. Reproductive Skew in Vertebrates. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 337-368.
Blumstein DT, Ebensperger LA, Hayes LD, Vásquez RA, Ahern TH, Burger JR, Dolezal AG, Dosmann A, González-Mariscal G, Harris BN, Herrera EA, Lacey EA, Mateo J, McGraw LA, Olazábal D, Ramenofsky M, Rubenstein DR, Sakhai SA, Saltzman W, Sainz-Borgo C, Soto-Gamboa M, Stewart ML, Wey TW, Wingfield JC & Young LJ. 2010. Towards an integrative understanding of social behavior: new models and new opportunities. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 4: 1-9.
De Jong TR, Chauke M, Harris BN & Saltzman W. 2009. From here to paternity: neural correlates of the onset of paternal behavior in California mice (Peromyscus californicus). Hormones and Behavior 56:220-231. PDF
Digby LJ & Saltzman W. 2009. Balancing cooperation and competition in callitrichine primates: examining the relative risk of infanticide across species. In: Davis LC, Ford SM & Porter LM, eds. The Smallest Anthropoids: The Marmoset/Callimico Radiation. Springer, NY, pp. 135-153.
Pattison JC, Abbott DH, Saltzman W, Conley AJ & Bird IM. 2009. Plasticity of the zona reticularis in the adult marmoset adrenal cortex: voyages of discovery in the New World. Journal of Endocrinology 203: 313-326.
Saltzman W & Abbott DH. 2009. Effects of elevated circulating cortisol concentrations on maternal behavior in common marmoset monkeys. Psychoneuroendocrinology 34: 1222-1234.
Saltzman W, Digby LJ & Abbott DH. 2009. Reproductive skew in female common marmosets: what can proximate mechanisms tell us about ultimate causes? Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 276: 389-399. (invited review paper)
Saltzman W, Thinda S, Higgins AL, Matsumoto WR, Ahmed S, McGeehan L & Kolb EM. 2009. Effects of siblings on reproductive maturation and infanticidal behavior in cooperatively breeding Mongolian gerbils. Developmental Psychobiology 51: 60-72.
Saltzman W, Liedl KJ, Salper OJ, Pick RR & Abbott DH. 2008. Post-conception reproductive competition in cooperatively breeding common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). Hormones and Behavior 53: 274-286.
Chappell MA, Garland T Jr, Robertson GF & Saltzman W. 2007. Relationships among running performance, aerobic physiology, and organ mass in male Mongolian gerbils. Journal of Experimental Biology 210: 4179-4197.
Digby LJ, Ferrari SF & Saltzman W. 2007. Callitrichines: the role of competition in cooperatively breeding species. In: Campbell CJ, Fuentes AF, Mackinnon KC, Panger M & Bearder S, eds. Primates in Perspective. Oxford University Press, pp. 85-106.
Malisch JL, Saltzman W, Gomes FR, Rezende EL, Jeske DR & Garland T Jr. 2007. Baseline and stress-induced corticosterone concentrations of mice selectively bred for high voluntary wheel running. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 80: 146-156.
Pattison JC, Saltzman W, Abbott DH, Hogan BK, Nguyen AD, Husen B, Einspanier A, Conley AJ & Bird IM. 2007. Gender and gonadal status differences in zona reticularis expression in marmoset monkey adrenals: cytochrome b5 localization with respect to cytochrome P450 17,20-lyase activity. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 265-266: 93-101.
Tannenbaum PL, Schultz-Darken NJ, Saltzman W, Woller MJ, Terasawa E & Abbott DH. 2007. Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) release in marmosets I. In vivo measurement in ovary-intact and ovariectomised females. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 19: 342-353.
Blumstein DT, Patton ML & Saltzman W. 2006. Faecal glucocorticoid concentrations and alarm calling in free-living yellow-bellied marmots. Biology Letters 2: 29-32.
Saltzman W, Ahmed S, Fahimi A, Wittwer DJ & Wegner FH. 2006. Social suppression of female reproductive maturation and infanticidal behavior in cooperatively breeding Mongolian gerbils. Hormones and Behavior 49: 527-537.
Saltzman W, Hogan BK & Abbott DH. 2006. Diminished cortisol levels in subordinate female marmosets are associated with altered central drive to the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. Biological Psychiatry 60: 843-849.
Saltzman W, Hogan BK, Allen AJ, Horman BM & Abbott DH. 2006. Hypoestrogenism does not mediate social suppression of cortisol in subordinate female marmosets. Psychoneuroendocrinology 31: 692-702.
Saltzman W, Hogan BK, Horman BM & Abbott DH. 2006. Social suppression of cortisol in female marmosets: role of luteinizing hormone/chorionic gonadotropin. General and Comparative Endocrinology 149: 90-99.
Pattison JC, Abbott DH, Saltzman W, Nguyen AD, Henderson G, Ju H, Pryce CR, Allen AJ, Conley AJ & Bird IM. 2005. Marmoset monkeys express an adrenal fetal zone at birth but not a zona reticularis in adulthood. Endocrinology 146: 365-374.
Saltzman W & Abbott DH. 2005. Diminished maternal responsiveness during pregnancy in multiparous female common marmosets. Hormones and Behavior 47: 151-163.
Saltzman W, Pick RR, Salper OJ, Liedl KJ & Abbott DH. 2004. Onset of plural cooperative breeding in common marmoset families following replacement of the breeding male. Animal Behaviour 68: 59-73.
Saltzman W, Prudom SL, Schultz-Darken NJ, Wittwer DJ & Abbott DH. 2004. Social suppression of cortisol in female marmoset monkeys: role of circulating ACTH levels and glucocorticoid negative feedback. Psychoneuroendocrinology 29: 141-161.
Schultz-Darken NJ, Pape RM, Tannenbaum PL, Saltzman W & Abbott DH. 2004. Novel restraint system for neuroendocrine studies of socially living common marmoset monkeys. Laboratory Animals 38: 393-405.
Abbott DH, Keverne EB, Bercovitch FB, Shively CA, Mendoza SP, Saltzman W, Snowdon CT, Ziegler TE, Banjevic M, Garland T Jr & Sapolsky RM. 2003. Are subordinates always stressed? A comparative analysis of rank differences in cortisol levels among primates. Hormones and Behavior 43: 67-82.
Saltzman W. 2003. Reproductive competition among female common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus): proximate and ultimate causes. In: Jones CB, ed. Sexual Selection and Reproductive Competition in Primates: New Perspectives and Directions. American Society of Primatologists, Norman, OK, pp. 197-229.
Saltzman W, Prudom SL, Schultz-Darken NJ & Abbott DH. 2000. Reduced adrenocortical responsiveness to adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) in socially subordinate female marmoset monkeys. Psychoneuroendocrinology 25: 463-477.
Baker JV, Abbott DH & Saltzman W. 1999. Social determinants of reproductive failure in male common marmosets housed with their natal family. Animal Behaviour 58: 501-513.
.Schiml PA, Mendoza SP, Saltzman W, Lyons DM & Mason WA. 1999. Annual physiological changes in individually housed squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus). American Journal of Primatology 47: 93-103.
Abbott DH, Saltzman W, Schultz-Darken NJ & Tannenbaum PL. 1998. Adaptations to subordinate status in female marmoset monkeys. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 119: 261-274.
Saltzman W, Schultz-Darken NJ, Wegner FH, Wittwer DJ & Abbott DH. 1998. Suppression of cortisol levels in subordinate female marmosets: reproductive and social contributions. Hormones and Behavior 33: 58-74.
Saltzman W, Schultz-Darken NJ & Abbott DH. 1997. Familial influences on ovulatory function in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). American Journal of Primatology 41: 159-177.
Saltzman W, Severin JM, Schultz-Darken NJ & Abbott DH. 1997. Behavioral and social correlates of escape from suppression of ovulation in female common marmosets housed with the natal family. American Journal of Primatology 41: 1-21.
Abbott DH, Saltzman W, Schultz-Darken NJ & Smith TE. 1997. Specific neuroendocrine mechanisms not involving generalized stress mediate social regulation of female reproduction in cooperatively breeding marmoset monkeys. In: Carter CS, Lederhendler II & Kirkpatrick B, eds. The Integrative Neurobiology of Affiliation. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 807. New York: The New York Academy of Sciences, pp. 219-238.
Saltzman W, Schultz-Darken NJ, Severin JM & Abbott DH. 1997. Escape from social suppression of sexual behavior and of ovulation in female common marmosets. In: Carter CS, Lederhendler II & Kirkpatrick B, eds. The Integrative Neurobiology of Affiliation. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 807. New York: The New York Academy of Sciences, pp. 567-570.
Abbott DH, Saltzman W & Schultz-Darken N. 1996. Reproductive consequences of social subordination in female callitrichid primates. Proceedings of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians, pp. 194-198.
Saltzman W, Schultz-Darken NJ & Abbott DH. 1996. Behavioural and endocrine predictors of dominance and tolerance in female common marmosets, Callithrix jacchus. Animal Behaviour 51: 657-674.
Schiml PA, Mendoza SP, Saltzman W, Lyons DM & Mason WA. 1996. Seasonality in squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus): social facilitation by females. Physiology and Behavior 60: 1105-1113.
Margulis SW, Saltzman W & Abbott DH. 1995. Behavioral and hormonal changes in female naked mole-rats following removal of the breeding female from a colony. Hormones and Behavior 29: 227-247.
Saltzman W, Schultz-Darken NJ, Scheffler G, Wegner FH & Abbott DH. 1994. Social and reproductive influences on plasma cortisol in female marmoset monkeys. Physiology and Behavior 56: 801-810.
Mendoza SP, Lyons DM & Saltzman W. 1991. Sociophysiology of squirrel monkeys. American Journal of Primatology 23: 37-54.
Saltzman W, Mendoza SP & Mason WA. 1991. Sociophysiology of relationships in squirrel monkeys. I. Formation of female dyads. Physiology and Behavior 50: 271-280.
Mendoza SP, Saltzman W, Lyons DM, Schiml PA & Mason WA. 1991. Within-sex relationships in squirrel monkeys regulate pituitary-adrenal activity. In: Ehara A, Kimura T & Takenaka O, eds. Primatology Today. Proceedings of the XIII Congress of the International Primatological Society. Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 443-446.