Selected Publications

Vandendoren, M, Rogers, JF., Landen, JG., Killmer, S., Alimiri, B., Pohlman, C., Tattersall GJ., Bedford, NL, Nelson, AC*. 2024. Oxytocin neurons signal state-dependent transitions to thermogenesis and behavioral arousal in social and non-social settings. Preprint: BioRxiv 619715. Available from bit.ly/3NIPStD

Landen, JG, Vandendoren, M., Killmer, S., Bedford, NL, Nelson, AC*. 2024. Huddling substates in mice dynamically control body temperature and are modulated by Shank3b and Trpm8 mutation. Communications Biology, 1186, https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06781-7 .

Rogers, J., Vandendoren, M., Prather, JF, Landen, JG, Bedford, NL, Nelson, AC*. 2024. Neural cell-types and circuits linking thermoregulation and social behavior. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105667

Cauceglia JW+, Nelson AC*+, Rubinstein ND, Kukreja S, Sasso L, Beaufort JA, Rando, OJ, & Potts WK. 2020.. Transitions in paternal social status predict patterns of offspring growth and metabolic transcription. Molecular Ecology. doi:10.1111/mec.15346

Nelson AC+, Kapoor V+, Vaughn E, Gnanasegaram JA, Rubinstein ND, Murthy VN, & Dulac C. 2019. Molecular and Circuit Architecture of Social Hierarchy. Preprint: BioRxiv 838664. Available from ‪bit.ly/2CBORz1 

Nelson AC*, Cunningham CB, Ruff JS, & Potts WK. 2015. Protein pheromone expression levels predict and respond to the formation of social dominance networks. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 28: 1213-1224.

Nelson AC*, Cauceglia JW, Merkley SD, Youngson NA, Oler AJ, Nelson RJ, Cairns BR, Whitelaw E, & Potts WK. 2013. Transgenerational upregulation of major urinary proteins during rapid adaptation to social competition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110, 19848-19853, doi:10.1073/pnas.1310427110

Nelson AC*, Colson KE, Harmon S, & Potts WK. 2013. Rapid adaptation to mammalian sociality via sexually selected traits. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13(1):81.

Ruff JS+, Nelson AC+, Kubinak JL, & Potts WK. 2012. The Major histocompatibility complex during social communication. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. 38:290-313. 

Kubinak JL, Nelson AC, Ruff JS, & Potts WK. 2010. Tradeoffs defining optimal MHC heterozygosity. In Ecological Immunology (Demas GE, & Nelson RJ eds.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. 

Slev PR, Nelson AC, and Potts WK. 2006. Sensory neurons with MHC-like peptide binding properties: disease consequences. Current Opinion in Immunology 18:608-16.

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