Keywords

  • animal behavior
  • bird behavior
  • birds
  • brain mechanisms
  • hormones
  • neurobiology and behavior
  • neuroendocrinology
  • psychology
  • reproductive biology
  • social behavior
  • social relationships

Regan, Elizabeth

Professor
Elizabeth Adkins-Regan received her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and has been a professor at Cornell University since 1975. The Adkins-Regan lab studies hormonal and neural mechanisms of behavior from a comparative and evolutionary perspective. A major focus is the reproductive and other social behavior of birds, including courtship, mate choice, pair formation, mating behavior, and aggression. The integrative research program lies at the intersection of behavioral neuroscience (especially behavioral neuroendocrinology) and animal behavior/behavioral ecology. She is a Fellow of AAAS, the Animal Behavior Society, and the Association for Psychological Science, and is the author of Hormones and Animal Social Behavior (Princeton University Press, 2005).

 

research

research and scholarship focus

Mechanisms of social behavior in birds, including hormonal and neural mechanisms.

primary investigator of

research areas

affiliations

faculty appointment in

administrative appointment

member of graduate field

other Cornell affiliations

service

current professional activities

  • 2008-2011 Editor-in-Chief, Hormones and Behavior
  • 2008 Chair, Special Emphasis Panel, NIH
  • 2008-2009 Section Editor, Encyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience
  • 2007-2009 Editor, Proceedings of the Royal Society B
  • 2007-2010 Advisory Council, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton
    University
  • 2005- External advisory committee, NIH T32 ("Common Themes in Reproductive Diversity"), Indiana University
  • 2004- Editorial Board, American Naturalist
  • 2004- Steering Committee, NSF Research Coordination Network: Integrating Ecology and Endocrinology in Avian Reproduction (E-BIRD USA)
  • Fall 2003 Chair, Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Editor Committee (for editorship of Hormones and Behavior)
  • October 2002 Animal Behavior review committee, NSF
  • 1994-2001 Consulting Editor, Journal of Comparative Psychology
  • 1986-present Editorial Board, Hormones and Behavior
  • 2001-2003 Member, Advisory Board, Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
  • 2000-2003 Program Committee, Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (Chair, 2000- 2001)
  • Oct. 2000 Integrative, Functional and Cognitive Neuroscience Panel, NIH
  • 1998-2001 Consulting Editor, Behavioral Neuroscience Nov. 1998 Chairperson, Special Emphasis Panel, NIMH
  • 1996, 1998, 2000 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship review panel.
  • 1992-1995 Psychobiology and Behavior/Psychobiology and Behavioral Neuroscience review committee, NIMH
  • 1994 External examiner (PhD), City University of New York.
  • 1993 External examiner (PhD), University of Göteborg.
  • 1990 External examiner (PhD), Hunter College-City University of New York.
  • 1988 American Psychological Association Early Career Award selection panel.
  • 1983-1986 Behavioral and Neurosciences Study Section, NIH.
  • 1981-1984 Member-at-large, executive committee, Animal Behavior Society.
  • 1978-1981 Psychobiology Panel, NSF.

background

educational background

  • Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 1971 Physiological Psychology
  • B.S. University of Maryland, 1967 Psychology

professional background

  • 2009-present Senior Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Cornell University
  • 2001-2005 Chair, Department of Psychology, Cornell University
  • 1988-present Professor, Department of Psychology and Section of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University
  • 1991-1996 Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Cornell University
  • 1986-1987 Visiting Scientist, INRA, Nouzilly, France
  • 1981-1988 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Section of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University
  • 1975-1981 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Section of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University
  • 1974-1975 Assistant Professor of Psychology, State University of New York at Cortland
  • 1972-1974 Assistant Professor of Psychology, Bucknell University
  • 1971-1972 Research Associate, Bucknell University, Department of Psychology
  • 1965-1967 Research Assistant, University of Maryland

awards and distinctions

  • Fellow of the American Psychological Society, elected 1998
  • Outstanding Educator, Merrill Presidential Scholar program, 1997
  • Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society, elected 1991
  • American Fulbright Research Scholar Award, 1986-1987
  • National Science Foundation Senior Award, Scientists Exchange Competition, 1986-87
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, elected 1984
  • National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow, 1967-1971

publications

selected publications (listing in progress)

  • Kocher, E.C. and Fisher, G.L. (1969). Subjective intensity and taste preference. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 28, 735-740.
  • Nachmias, J. and Kocher, E.C. (1970). Visual detection and discrimination of luminance increments. Journal of the Optical Society of America, 60, 382-389.
  • Adkins, E.K. and Adler, N.T. (1972). Hormonal control of behavior in the Japanese quail. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 81, 27-36.
  • Adkins, E.K. (1973). Functional castration of the female Japanese quail. Physiology and Behavior, 10, 619-621.
  • Adkins, E.K. (1974). Electrical recording of copulation in quail. Physiology and Behavior, 13, 475-477.
  • Adkins, E.K. and Mason, P. (1974). Effects of cyproterone acetate in the male Japanese quail. Hormones and Behavior, 5, 1-6.
  • Adkins, E.K. (1975). Hormonal basis of sexual differentiation in the Japanese quail. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 89, 61-71.
  • Green, J.A. and Adkins, E.K. (1975). Effects of prenatal and early postnatal auditory stimulation on early approach and vocalization behavior in the Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica). Behaviour, 52, 145-154.
  • Adkins, E.K. (1976). Embryonic exposure to an antiestrogen masculinizes behavior of female quail. Physiology and Behavior, 17, 357-359.
  • Adkins, E.K. and Nock, B. (1976). Behavioral responses to sex steroids of gonadectomized and sexually regressed quail. Journal of Endocrinology, 68, 49-55.
  • Adkins, E.K. and Nock, B.L. (1976). The effects of the antiestrogen CI-628 on sexual behavior activated by androgen or estrogen in quail. Hormones and Behavior, 7, 417-429.
  • Mason, P. and Adkins, E.K. (1976). Hormones and social behavior in the lizard, Anolis carolinensis. Hormones and Behavior, 7, 75-86.
  • Adkins, E.K. (1977). Effects of diverse androgens on the sexual behavior and morphology of castrated male quail. Hormones and Behavior, 8, 201-207.
  • Adkins, E.K. (1978). Sex steroids and the differentiation of avian reproductive behavior. American Zoologist, 18, 501-509.
  • Adkins, E.K. and Pniewski, E.E. (1978). Control of reproductive behavior by sex steroids in male quail. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 92, 1169-1178.
  • Adkins, E.K. (1979). Effect of embryonic treatment with estradiol or testosterone on sexual differentiation of the quail brain: Critical period and dose-response relationships. Neuroendocrinology, 29, 178-185.
  • Adkins, E.K. and Schlesinger, L. (1979). Androgens and the social behavior of male and female lizards, Anolis carolinensis. Hormones and Behavior, 13, 139-152.
  • Adkins, E.K. (1980). Genes, hormones, and gender. In Sociobiology: Beyond Nature/Nurture (edited by G.W. Barlow and J. Silverberg), pp. 385-415. AAAS, Washington, D.C.
  • Adkins, E.K., Boop, J.J., Koutnik, D.L., Morris, J.B. and Pniewski, E.E. (1980). Further evidence that androgen aromatization is essential for the activation of copulation in male quail. Physiology and Behavior, 24, 441-446.
  • Adkins, E.K. (1981). Hormone specificity, androgen metabolism, and social behavior. American Zoologist, 21, 257-271.
  • Adkins-Regan, E.K. (1981). Early organizational effects of hormones: An evolutionary perspective. In N.T. Adler (Ed.), Neuroendocrinology of Reproduction: Physiology and Behavior, pp. 159-228. New York: Plenum Press.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. (1981). Effect of sex steroids on the reproductive behavior of castrated male ring doves (Streptopelia sp.). Physiology and Behavior, 26, 561-565.
  • Adkins-Regan, E., Pickett, P., and Koutnik, D. (1982). Sexual differentiation in quail: Conversion of androgen to estrogen mediates testosterone-induced demasculinization of copulation but not other male characteristics. Hormones and Behavior, 16, 259-278.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. and Hurvitz, E.D. (1982). O, p'-DDT causes growth of an androgen dependent gland in Coturnix quail. Experientia, 38, 1082.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. (1983). Sex steroids and the differentiation and activation of avian reproductive behavior. In J. Balthazart, E. Prove, and R. Gilles (Eds.), Hormones and Behaviour in Higher Vertebrates, pp. 218-228. Springer-Verlag: Berlin.
  • Rissman, E.F., Ascenzi, M., Johnson, P. and Adkins-Regan, E. (1984). Effect of embryonic treatment with oestradiol benzoate on reproductive morphology, ovulation and oviposition and luteinizing hormone levels in female quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica). Journal of Reproduction and Fertility, 71, 411-417.
  • Rissman, E.F. and Adkins-Regan, E. (1984). Androgens and reproductive behavior in ovariectomized ring doves. Physiology and Behavior, 32, 697-699.
  • Dudley, S.D., Salisbury, R.S., Adkins-Regan, E. and Weisz, J. (1984). Courtship stimulates aromatase activity in preoptic area of brain in male ring doves. Endocrinology, 115, 1224-1226.
  • Ottinger, M.A., Adkins-Regan, E., Buntin, J., Cheng, M.-F., DeVoogd, T., Harding, C. and Opel, H. (1984). Hormonal mediation of reproductive behavior. Journal of Experimental Zoology, 232, 605-616.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. (1985). Mechanisms of sex determination in vertebrates. Science Progress, 69, 553-568.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. and Ascenzi, M. (1985). Does neonatal gonadectomy affect the sexual differentiation of quail? Hormones and Behavior, 19, 71-76.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. (1985). Nonmammalian psychosexual differentiation. In N. T. Adler, R. Goy, and D. Pfaff (Eds.), Handbook of Behavioral Neurobiology, Vol. 7, Reproduction, pp. 43-76. Plenum: New York.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. (1985). Embryonic exposure to an aromatization inhibitor increases copulatory behavior of male quail. Behavioural Processes, 11, 153-158.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. (1987). Hormones and sexual differentiation. In D. O. Norris and R. E. Jones (Eds.), Hormones and Reproduction in Fishes, Amphibians, and Reptiles. Plenum: New York.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. and Garcia, M. (1986). Effect of flutamide (an antiandrogen) and diethylstilbestrol on the reproductive behavior of Japanese quail. Physiology and Behavior, 36, 419-425.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. and Ascenzi, M. (1987). Social and sexual behaviour of male and female zebra finches treated with oestradiol during the nestling period. Animal Behaviour, 35, 1100-1112.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. (1987). Sexual differentiation in birds. Trends in Neurosciences, 10, 517-522. Fabre-Nys, C. and Adkins-Regan, E. (1987). Antisteroid action in brain and changes in animal behavior. In M.K. Agarwal (Ed.) Receptor Mediated Antisteroid Action, pp. 435-468.
  • Walter de Gruyter: Berlin. Adkins-Regan, E. and Ottinger, M.A. (1988). Profiles of plasma androgens in quail following testosterone injection at two different times of day. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 69, 246-251.
  • Watson, J.T., Adkins-Regan, E., Whiting, P., Lindstrom, J.M., and Podleski, T.R. (1988). Autoradiographic localization of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the brain of the zebra finch (Poephila guttata). Journal of Comparative Neurology, 274, 255-264.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. (1988). Sex hormones and sexual orientation in animals. Psychobiology, 16, 335-347.
  • Watson, J.T. and Adkins-Regan, E. (1989). Neuroanatomical localization of sex steroid concentrating cells in the Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica): Autoradiography with (3H)-estradiol, (3H)-testosterone and (3H)-dihydrotestosterone. Neuroendocrinology, 49, 51-64.
  • Adkins-Regan, E., Signoret, J.-P. and Orgeur, P. (1989). Sexual differentiation of reproductive behavior in pigs: Defeminizing effects of prepubertal estradiol. Hormones and Behavior, 23, 290-303.
  • Signoret, J.P., Adkins-Regan, E., and Orgeur, P. (1989). Bisexuality in the prepubertal male pig. Behavioral Processes, 18, 133-140.
  • Watson, J.T. and Adkins-Regan, E. (1989). Activation of sexual behavior by implantation of testosterone propionate and estradiol benzoate into the preoptic area of the male Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). Hormones and Behavior, 23, 251-268.
  • Watson, J. T. and Adkins-Regan, E. (1989). Testosterone implanted in the preoptic area of male Japanese quail must be aromatized to activate copulation. Hormones and Behavior, 23, 432-447.
  • Adkins-Regan, E., Abdelnabi, M., Mobarak, M. and Ottinger, M. A. (1990). Sex steroid levels in developing and adult male and female zebra finches (Poephila guttata). General and Comparative Endocrinology, 78, 93-109.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. and Ascenzi, M. (1990). Sexual differentiation of behavior in the zebra finch: effect of early gonadectomy or androgen treatment. Hormones and Behavior, 24, 114-127.
  • Watson, J. T., Abdelnabi, M., Wersinger, S., Ottinger, M.A. and Adkins-Regan, E. (1990).
  • Circulating estradiol and the activation of male and female copulatory behavior in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). General and Comparative Endocrinology, 77, 229-238.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. and Watson, J. T. (1990). Sexual dimorphism in the avian brain is not limited to the song system of songbirds: a morphometric analysis of the brain of the quail (Coturnix japonica). Brain Research, 514, 320-326.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. (1990). Is the snark still a boojum? The comparative approach to reproductive behavior. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 14, 243-252.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. (1990). Hormonal bases of sexual differentiation in birds. In Balthazart, J. (Ed.) Hormones, Brain and Behavior, pp. 1-14, Basel: Karger.
  • Dorries, K.M., Adkins-Regan, E., and Halpern, B.P. (1991). Sex difference in olfactory sensitivity to the boar chemosignal, androstenone, in the domestic pig. Animal Behaviour, 42, 403-411.
  • Thompson, R.R. and Adkins-Regan, E. (1992). Ontogeny of a sexually dimorphic nucleus in the preoptic area of the Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). Developmental Brain Research, 70, 231-237.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. and Robinson, T.M. (1993). Sex differences in aggressive behavior in zebra finches (Poephila guttata). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 107, 223-229.
  • Adkins-Regan, E., Mansukhani, V., Seiwert, C. and Thompson, R. (1994). Sexual differentiation of brain and behavior in the zebra finch: critical periods for effects of early estrogen treatment. Journal of Neurobiology, 25, 865-877.
  • Thompson, R. R. and Adkins-Regan, E. (1994). Photoperiod affects the morphology of a sexually dimorphic nucleus within the preoptic area of male Japanese quail. Brain Research, 667, 201-208.
  • Dorries, K. M., Adkins-Regan, E. and Halpern, B. P. (1995). Olfactory sensitivity to the pheromone, androstenone, is sexually dimorphic in the pig. Physiology and Behavior, 57, 255-259.
  • Adkins-Regan, E., Ottinger, M. A. and Park, J. (1995). Maternal transfer of estradiol to egg yolks
  • alters sexual differentiation of avian offspring. Journal of Experimental Zoology, 271, 466-470.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. (1995). Predictors of fertilization in the Japanese quail, Coturnix japonica. Animal Behaviour, 50, 1405-1415.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. (1996). Neural and hormonal mechanisms of behavior: physiological causes and consequences. In L. Houck and L. Drickamer (Eds.), Foundations of Animal Behavior, pp. 389-405. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  • Adkins-Regan, E., Yang, S. and Mansukhani, V. (1996). Behavior of male and female zebra finches treated with an estrogen synthesis inhibitor as nestlings. Behaviour, 133, 847-862.
  • Mansukhani, V., Adkins-Regan, E. and Yang, S. (1996). Sexual partner preference in female zebra finches: the role of early hormones and social environment. Hormones and Behavior, 30, 506-513.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. (1996). Neuroanatomy of sexual behavior in the male Japanese quail from top to bottom. Poultry and Avian Biology Reviews, 7, 193-204.
  • Dorries, K. M., Adkins-Regan, E. and Halpern, B. P. (1997). Sensitivity and behavioral responses to the pheromone androstenone are not mediated by the vomeronasal organ in domestic pigs. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 49, 53-62.
  • Adkins-Regan, E., Mansukhani, V., Thompson, R. and Yang, S. (1997). Organizational actions of sex hormones on sexual partner preference. Brain Research Bulletin, 44, 497-502.
  • Goodson, J. L. and Adkins-Regan, E. (1997). Playback of crows of male Japanese quail elicits female phonotaxis. Condor, 99, 990-993.
  • Thompson, R. R., Goodson, J. L., Ruscio, M. G. and Adkins-Regan, E. (1998). Role of the archistriatal nucleus taeniae in the sexual behavior of male Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica): a comparison of function with the medial nucleus of the amygdala in mammals.
  • Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 51, 215-229.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. (1998). Hormonal mechanisms of mate choice. American Zoologist, 38, 166-178.
  • Seiwert, C. M. and Adkins-Regan, E. (1998). The foam production system of the male Japanese quail: characterization of structure and function. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 52, 61-80.
  • Goodson, J. L., Eibach, R., Sakata, J. and Adkins-Regan, E. (1999). Effect of septal lesions on male song and aggression in the colonial zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) and the territorial field sparrow (Spizella pusilla). Behavioural Brain Research, 98, 167-180.
  • Goodson, J. L. and Adkins-Regan, E. (1999). Effect of intraseptal vasotocin and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide infusions on courtship song and aggression in the male zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 11, 19-25.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. (1999). Testosterone increases singing and aggression but not male-typical sexual partner preference in early estrogen treated female zebra finches. Hormones and Behavior, 35, 63-70.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. (1999). Foam produced by male Coturnix quail: what is its function? Auk, 116, 184-193.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. and Krakauer, A. (2000). Removal of adult males from the rearing environment increases preference for same sex partners in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). Animal Behaviour, 60, 47-53.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. and Wade, J. (2001). Masculinized sexual partner preference in female zebra finches with sex-reversed gonads. Hormones and Behavior 39, 22-28.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. and Weber, D. (2002). Mechanisms of behavior. In Dell’Omo, (Ed.), Behavioural Ecotoxicology. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons (Ecological and Environmental Toxicology Series), pp. 91-166.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. (2002). Development of sexual partner preference in the zebra finch: a socially monogamous, pair-bonding animal. Archives of Sexual Behavior 31, 21-27. [Reprinted in POWERWEB: Human Sexuality-OLC (Hyde), first edition, McGraw-Hill]
  • Balthazart, J. and Adkins-Regan, E. (2002). Sexual differentiation of brain and behavior in birds. In Pfaff, D. et al. (Eds.), Hormones, Brain and Behavior, vol. 4, pp. 223-301. San Diego: Academic Press.
  • McGraw, K. J., Adkins-Regan, E. and Parker, R. S. (2002). Anhydrolutein in the zebra finch: a new, metabolically derived carotenoid in birds. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B 132, 811-818.
  • Remage-Healey, L., Adkins-Regan, E. and Romero, L. M. (2003). Behavioral and adrenocortical responses to mate separation and reunion in the zebra finch. Hormones and Behavior 43, 108-114.
  • Ruscio, M. G. and Adkins-Regan, E. (2003). Effect of female brooding behavior on male mate choice in Japanese quail, Coturnix japonica. Animal Behaviour 65, 397-403.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. and MacKillop, E. A. (2003). Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) inseminations are more likely to fertilize eggs in a context predicting mating opportunities. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B 270, 1685-1689.
  • McGraw, K. J., Gregory, A. J., Parker, R. S. and Adkins-Regan, E. (2003). Diet, plasma carotenoids, and sexual coloration in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). Auk 120, 400-410.
  • Pilz, K. M., Quiroga, M., Schwabl, H. and Adkins-Regan, E. (2004). European starling chicks benefit from high yolk testosterone levels during a drought year. Hormones and Behavior 46, 179-192.
  • Ruscio, M. G. and Adkins-Regan, E. (2004). Immediate early gene expression associated with induction of brooding behavior in Japanese quail. Hormones and Behavior 46, 19-29.
  • Lauay, C., Gerlach, N. M., Adkins-Regan, E. and DeVoogd, T. J. (2004). Female zebra finches require early song exposure to prefer high quality song as adults. Animal Behaviour 68, 1249-1255.
  • Correa, S. M., Adkins-Regan, E. and Johnson, P. A. (2005). High progesterone during avian meiosis biases sex ratios toward females. Biology Letters 1, 215-218.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. (2005). Tactile contact is required for early estrogen treatment to alter the sexual partner preference of female zebra finches. Hormones and Behavior 48, 180-186.
  • Pilz, K. M., Adkins-Regan, E. and Schwabl, H. (2005). No sex difference in yolk steroid concentrations of avian eggs at laying. Biology Letters 1, 318-321.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. (2005). Hormones and Animal Social Behavior. Princeton University Press. (Monographs in Behavior and Ecology) [Reviewed in Science (2005, 310:1905),
  • BioScience (2006, 56:2), Quarterly Review of Biology (2006, 81:205), Animal Behaviour (2006, 71:740), Journal of Experimental Biology (2006, 209:1787), and Investigación y Ciencia (2005, Nov: 92)].
  • Tomaszycki, M. L. and Adkins-Regan, E. (2005). Experimental alteration of male song quality and output affects female mate choice and pair bond formation in zebra finches. Animal Behaviour 70, 785-794.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. (2005). Female mate choice. In Dawson, A. and Sharp, P. (Eds.), Functional Avian Endocrinology, pp. 341-350. Narosa Press.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. (2005). Activity dependent brain plasticity: does singing increase the volume of a song system nucleus? Theoretical comment on Sartor and Ball (2004). Behavioral Neuroscience 119.
  • McGraw, K. J., Adkins-Regan, E. and Parker, R. S. (2005). Maternally derived carotenoid pigments affect offspring survival, sex ratio, and sexual attractiveness in a colorful songbird. Naturwissenschaften 92, 375-380.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. and Leung, C. H. (2005). Hormonal and social modulation of cloacal muscle activity in female Japanese quail. Physiology and Behavior 87, 82-87.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. (2006). Hormones, sexual dimorphism, and mate choice. Acta Zoologica Sinica 52(Suppl.), 242-244.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. (2006). Brain evolution: part I. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 29, 12-13. (Open peer commentary on Striedter, G., Principles of Brain Evolution.)
  • Tomaszycki, M. L. and Adkins-Regan, E. (2006) Is male song quality important in maintaining pair bonds? Behaviour 143, 549-567.
  • Tomaszycki, M. L., Banerjee, S. B., and Adkins-Regan, E. (2006). The role of sex steroids in courtship, pairing and pairing behaviors in the socially monogamous zebra finch. Hormones and Behavior 50, 141-147.
  • McGraw, K. J., Correa, S. M. and Adkins-Regan, E. (2006). Testosterone upregulates lipoprotein status to control sexual attractiveness in a colorful songbird. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 60, 117-122.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. and Leung, C. H. (2006). Sex steroids modulate changes in social and sexual preference during juvenile development in zebra finches. Hormones and Behavior 50, 772-778.
  • Burke, M. R., Adkins-Regan, E. and Wade, J. S. (2007). Laterality in syrinx muscle morphology of the Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). Physiology and Behavior 90, 682-686.
  • Sandell, M. I., Adkins-Regan, E. and Ketterson, E. D. (2007). Pre-breeding diet affects the allocation of yolk hormones in zebra finches Taeniopygia guttata. Journal of Avian Biology 38, 284-290.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. and Tomaszycki, M. (2007). Monogamy on the fast track. Biology Letters 3, 617-619.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. (2007). Hormones and the development of sex differences in behavior.
    Journal of Ornithology 148 (suppl 1), S17-S26.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. (2008). Do hormonal control systems produce evolutionary inertia? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 363, 1599-1609.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. (2009). Neuroendocrinology of social behavior. Institute for Laboratory
    Animal Research Journal     (National Research Council) 50, 5-14.
  • Balthazart, J., Arnold, A. and Adkins-Regan, E. (2009). Sexual differentiation of brain and behavior in birds. In Pfaff, D. et al. (Eds.), Hormones, Brain and Behavior, second edition.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. (2009). Hormones and sexual differentiation of avian social behavior.
    Developmental Neuroscience 31, 342-350.
  • Rutkowska, J. and Adkins-Regan, E. (2009). Learning enhances female control over
    reproductive investment in the Japanese quail. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276,
    3327-3334.
  • Gee, J. M., Tomaszycki, M. and Adkins-Regan, E. (2009). Sex-dependent species discrimination in auditory forebrain of naturally hybridizing birds. Brain Behavior and Evolution 74, 258-267.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. (2009). Hormones and the development of communication-related social behavior in birds. In Blumberg, M. et al. (eds.), Oxford Handbook of Developmental Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Adkins-Regan, E., DeVoogd, T. J. and Moore, J. M. (2010). Social behavior and bird song from a neural and endocrine perspective. In Szekely, T., Moore, A and Komdeur, J. (eds.), Social
    Behaviour: Genes, Ecology and Evolution    , in press. Cambridge UK: Cambridge
    University Press.
  • Adkins-Regan, E. and Carter, C. S. Neurobiology, endocrinology and behavior, In Breed, M. and Moore, J. (eds.), Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, in press. Elsevier.

talks and presentations

RECENT INVITED TALKS AND COLLOQUIA

Invited talks at meetings/conferences

Development of sexual partner preference in a socially monogamous, pair-bonding animal, the
zebra finch. International Behavioral Development Symposium, Minot, North Dakota,
May 2000.
Predictors of fertilization in the Japanese Quail: Testing the Hypotheses. Biology of
Spermatozoa, Castleton, England, September 2001.
Hormones, sexual dimorphism, and mate choice. 23rd International Ornithological Congress,
Beijing, August 2002.
NSF/ESF Workshop: Adaptation and constraints in avian reproduction: integrating ecology and
endocrinology. Wageningen, Netherlands, September 2002.
The bird's the word. Winter Animal Behavior Conference, Jackson, Wyoming, January 2003.
Hormones and female mate choice. International Symposium on Avian Endocrinology,
Scottsdale, Arizona, June 2004.
Hormonal regulation of preference in the zebra finch. Society for Behavioral
Neuroendocrinology, Lisbon, July 2004.
(Keynote) Hormonal control systems: do they produce evolutionary inertia? ESF/NSF/NSERC
Workshop on trade-offs and constraints, Wageningen, November 2004.
Hormones and development. NSF/ESF/NSERC Workshop on maternal effects, Seattle,
September 2005.
(Plenary address) Hormones and the development of sex differences in behavior. International
Ornithological Congress, Hamburg, August 2006.
(Fellows lecture) Hormonal activation and organization of mating and pairing: a tale of two
birds. Animal Behavior Society, July 2007.
Neuroendocrinology of pairing in the zebra finch. International Academy of Sex Research,
Vancouver, August 2007
Pairing and parenting in a group living bird, the zebra finch. International Congress of Ethology,
Halifax, August 2007
Maternal yolk steroid effects on offspring: questions and answers from galliform birds. Society
for Integrative and Comparative Biology, San Antonio, January 2008
Neuroendocrinology of socially monogamous pairing: An evolutionary view. Society for
Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Groningen, July 2008

Colloquia

Queen's University (Ontario) (Biology), 2001
Cornell (Animal Behavior and Ethology Club), 2001
Indiana University (CISAB), 2003
University at Buffalo (Psychology), 2005
Cornell University (Institute for the Social Sciences), 2006
Princeton University (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology), 2006
Arizona State University (School of Life Sciences), 2006
University of Washington (Biology), 2007
Wake Forest (Biology), 2007
Bowdoin (Neuroscience), 2007
Indiana (CISAB), 2007
Johns Hopkins (Psychological and Brain Sciences), 2008
University of Oklahoma (Zoology), 2008
Cornell University (Laboratory of Ornithology), 2008
Binghamton University (EvoS seminar series), 2008

 

contact

email address

er12@cornell.edu
Keywords: animal behavior, bird behavior, birds, brain mechanisms, hormones, neurobiology and behavior, neuroendocrinology, psychology, reproductive biology, social behavior, social relationships