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Vanderwolf, K.J., *Gutierrez, A., *Peng, X., McGuire, L.P., & Holmes, M.M. (2026). Captive naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) have the highest skin pH among mammals. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 112008.

*Arguelles, D. A., *Edwards, P. D., Beyersbergen, A., Holmes, M. M., & Mastromonaco, G. F. (2025). Reproductive endocrinology of endangered black-footed ferrets: Implications for conservation breeding. Conservation Physiology, 13(1), coaf002. https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coaf002

*Edwards, P.D., *Munir, J., Goldman, B.D., Boonstra, R., Palme, R., Mastromonaco, G.F., Holmes, M.M. (2025). Hormonal and behavioral variation during release from reproductive suppression in an extreme cooperative breeder. Mammalian Biology: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-025-00528-5

Sokolowski, D. J., Miclăuș, M., Nater, A., *Faykoo-Martinez, M., Hoekzema, K., Zuzarte, P., Monis, S., Alvi, S. A., Erdmann, J., Erdmann, A. L., Kumaragurubaran, R., Bayerl, J., Yoo, D., Karimpour, N., Ungerleider, K., Hou, H., Martin, F. J., Hourlier, T., Clarke, Z., … Wilson, M. D. (2024). An updated reference genome sequence and annotation reveals gene losses and gains underlying naked mole-rat biology (p. 2024.11.26.625329). bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.11.26.625329

Rosado, G. M., Martinez-Marchal, A., *Faykoo-Martinez, M., Holmes, M. M., & Brieño-Enríquez, M. A. (2024). Naked mole rat ovaries allow investigation of ovarian reserve, in vitro germ cell expansion, and oocyte in vitro maturation within a single sample. Reproduction, 167(5). https://rep.bioscientifica.com/view/journals/rep/167/5/REP-23-0459.xml

*Edwards, P. D., & Holmes, M. M. (2023). Introduction to the Special Issue “Hormones and Hierarchies.” Hormones and Behavior, 148, 105299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2022.105299

Brieño-Enríquez, M. A., *Faykoo-Martinez, M., Goben, M., Grenier, J. K., McGrath, A., Prado, A. M., Sinopoli, J., Wagner, K., Walsh, P. T., Lopa, S. H., Laird, D. J., Cohen, P. E., Wilson, M. D., Holmes, M. M., & Place, N. J. (2023). Postnatal oogenesis leads to an exceptionally large ovarian reserve in naked mole-rats. Nature Communications, 14(1), 670. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36284-8

*Faykoo-Martinez, M., *Collins, T., *Peragine, D., *Malik, M., *Javed, F., *Kolisnyk, M., *Ziolkowski, J., *Jeewa, I., Cheng, A. H., Lowden, C., Mascarenhas, B., Cheng, H.-Y. M., & Holmes, M. M. (2022). Protracted neuronal maturation in a long-lived, highly social rodent. PLOS ONE, 17(9), e0273098. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273098

*Toor, I., *Faykoo-Martinez, M., *Edwards, P. D., Boonstra, R., & Holmes, M. M. (2022). Hormones do not maketh the mole-rat: No steroid hormone signatures of subordinate behavioral phenotypes. Hormones and Behavior, 145, 105236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2022.105236

*Faykoo-Martinez, M., & Holmes, M. M. (2022). Spotlight Feature: The Implications of Social Environment for Sex Differences in Brain and Behavior. Gender and Sexuality Development: Contemporary Theory and Research, 64. VanderLaan, D. & Wong, W.I., eds. Springer. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-84273-4_2

Fitzpatrick, C. R., *Toor, I., & Holmes, M. M. (2022). Colony but not social phenotype or status structures the gut bacteria of a eusocial mammal. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 76(8), 117. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-022-03230-5

*Toor, I., *Maynard, R., *Peng, X., Beery, A., Holmes, M.M. (2022). Naked mole-rat social phenotypes vary in investigative and aggressive behavior in a laboratory partner preference paradigm. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10: 860885. Doi:10.3389/fevo.2022.860885.

*Edwards, P. D., *Toor, I., & Holmes, M. M. (2022). The Curious Case of the Naked Mole-Rat: How Extreme Social and Reproductive Adaptations Might Influence Sex Differences in the Brain. In : Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences, volume titled ‘Sex differences in brain function and dysfunction (pp. 47–70). Springer. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/7854_2022_310

Buffenstein, R., Amoroso, V., Andziak, B., Avdieiev, S., Azpurua, J., Barker, A. J., Bennett, N. C., Brieño-Enríquez, M. A., Bronner, G. N., Coen, C., Delaney, M. A., Dengler-Crish, C. M., Edrey, Y. H., Faulkes, C. G., Frankel, D., Friedlander, G., Gibney, P. A., Gorbunova, V., Hine, C., … Smith, E. St. J. (2022). The naked truth: A comprehensive clarification and classification of current ‘myths’ in naked mole-rat biology. Biological Reviews, 97(1), 115–140. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12791

*Edwards, P. D., *Arguelles, D. A., Mastromonaco, G. F., & Holmes, M. M. (2021). Queen Pregnancy Increases Group Estradiol Levels in Cooperatively Breeding Naked Mole-Rats. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 61(5), 1841–1851. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icab106

Sokolowski, D. J., *Faykoo-Martinez, M., Erdman, L., Hou, H., Chan, C., Zhu, H., Holmes, M. M., Goldenberg, A., & Wilson, M. D. (2021). Single-cell mapper (scMappR): Using scRNA-seq to infer the cell-type specificities of differentially expressed genes. NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics, 3(1), lqab011. https://doi.org/10.1093/nargab/lqab011

Place, N. J., Prado, A. M., *Faykoo-Martinez, M., Brieño-Enriquez, M. A., Albertini, D. F., & Holmes, M. M. (2021). Germ cell nests in adult ovaries and an unusually large ovarian reserve in the naked mole-rat. Reproduction, 161(1):89-98. https://doi.org/10.1530/REP-20-0304

*Faykoo-Martinez, M., *Kalinowski, L. M., & Holmes, M. M. (2021). Neuroendocrine regulation of pubertal suppression in the naked mole-rat: What we know and what comes next. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 534, 111360. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mce.2021.111360

*Edwards, P. D., Lavergne, S. G., McCaw, L. K., Wijenayake, S., Boonstra, R., McGowan, P. O., & Holmes, M. M. (2021). Maternal effects in mammals: Broadening our understanding of offspring programming. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 62, 100924. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yfrne.2021.100924

Buffenstein, R., Park, T. J., & Holmes, M. M. (2021). The Extraordinary Biology of the Naked Mole-Rat. Springer. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-030-65943-1.pdf

Holmes, M. M., & Goldman, B. D. (2021). Social Behavior in Naked Mole-Rats: Individual Differences in Phenotype and Proximate Mechanisms of Mammalian Eusociality. In R. Buffenstein, T. J. Park, & M. M. Holmes (Eds.), The Extraordinary Biology of the Naked Mole-Rat (pp. 35–58). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65943-1_2

Coen, C. W., Bennett, N. C., Holmes, M. M., & Faulkes, C. G. (2021). Neuropeptidergic and Neuroendocrine Systems Underlying Eusociality and the Concomitant Social Regulation of Reproduction in Naked Mole-Rats: A Comparative Approach. In R. Buffenstein, T. J. Park, & M. M. Holmes (Eds.), The Extraordinary Biology of the Naked Mole-Rat (pp. 59–103). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65943-1_3

Mooney, S. J., Forger, N. G., & Holmes, M. M. (2021). Adult Neural Plasticity in Naked Mole-Rats: Implications of Fossoriality, Longevity and Sociality on the Brain’s Capacity for Change. In R. Buffenstein, T. J. Park, & M. M. Holmes (Eds.), The Extraordinary Biology of the Naked Mole-Rat (pp. 105–135). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65943-1_4

Smith, E. St. J., Park, T. J., Holmes, M. M., & Buffenstein, R. (2021). Some Exciting Future Directions for Work on Naked Mole-Rats. In R. Buffenstein, T. J. Park, & M. M. Holmes (Eds.), The Extraordinary Biology of the Naked Mole-Rat (pp. 409–420). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65943-1_17

*Toor, I., *Edwards, P. D., *Kaka, N., *Whitney, R., *Ziolkowski, J., Monks, D. A., & Holmes, M. M. (2020). Aggression and motivation to disperse in eusocial naked mole-rats, Heterocephalus glaber. Animal Behaviour, 168, 45–58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.07.022

*Poulson, S. J., Aldarraji, A., Arain, I. I., Dziekonski, N., Motlana, K., Riley, R., Holmes, M. M., & Martin, L. J. (2020). Naked mole-rats lack cold sensitivity before and after nerve injury. Molecular Pain, 16, 1744806920955103. https://doi.org/10.1177/1744806920955103

*Edwards, P. D., *Mooney, S. J., Bosson, C. O., *Toor, I., Palme, R., Holmes, M. M., & Boonstra, R. (2020). The stress of being alone: Removal from the colony, but not social subordination, increases fecal cortisol metabolite levels in eusocial naked mole-rats. Hormones and Behavior, 121, 104720. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2020.104720

Beery, A. K., Holmes, M. M., Lee, W., & Curley, J. P. (2020). Stress in groups: Lessons from non-traditional rodent species and housing models. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 113, 354–372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.03.033

Ramzan, F., Phung, T., Swift-Gallant, A., Coome, L. A., Holmes, M. M., & Monks, D. A. (2019). Both neural and global androgen receptor overexpression affect sexual dimorphism in the mouse brain. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 31(6), e12715. https://doi.org/10.1111/jne.12715

Holmes, M. M., & Monks, D. A. (2019). Bridging Sex and Gender in Neuroscience by Shedding a priori Assumptions of Causality. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2019.00475

*Faykoo-Martinez, M., *Mooney, S. J., & Holmes, M. M. (2018). Oxytocin Manipulation Alters Neural Activity in Response to Social Stimuli in Eusocial Naked Mole-Rats. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00272

Anzi, S., Stolovich-Rain, M., Klochendler, A., Fridlich, O., Helman, A., Paz-Sonnenfeld, A., Avni-Magen, N., Kaufman, E., Ginzberg, M. B., Snider, D., Ray, S., Brecht, M., Holmes, M. M., Meir, K., Avivi, A., Shams, I., Berkowitz, A., Shapiro, A. M. J., Glaser, B., … Dor, Y. (2018). Postnatal Exocrine Pancreas Growth by Cellular Hypertrophy Correlates with a Shorter Lifespan in Mammals. Developmental Cell, 45(6), 726-737.e3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2018.05.024

*Faykoo-Martinez, M., Monks, D. A., Zovkic, I. B., & Holmes, M. M. (2018). Sex- and brain region-specific patterns of gene expression associated with socially-mediated puberty in a eusocial mammal. PLOS ONE, 13(2), e0193417. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193417

Monks, D. A., & Holmes, M. M. (2018). Androgen receptors and muscle: A key mechanism underlying life history trade-offs. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 204(1), 51–60. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-017-1222-4

*Peragine, D. E., *Pokarowski, M., Mendoza-Viveros, L., *Swift-Gallant, A., Cheng, H.-Y. M., Bentley, G. E., & Holmes, M. M. (2017). RFamide-related peptide-3 (RFRP-3) suppresses sexual maturation in a eusocial mammal. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(5), 1207–1212. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1616913114

*Faykoo-Martinez, M., *Toor, I., & Holmes, M. M. (2017). Solving the Neurogenesis Puzzle: Looking for Pieces Outside the Traditional Box. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2017.00505

Mendoza-Viveros, L., Chiang, C.-K., Ong, J. L. K., Hegazi, S., Cheng, A. H., Bouchard-Cannon, P., Fana, M., Lowden, C., Zhang, P., Bothorel, B., Michniewicz, M. G., Magill, S. T., Holmes, M. M., Goodman, R. H., Simonneaux, V., Figeys, D., & Cheng, H.-Y. M. (2017). miR-132/212 Modulates Seasonal Adaptation and Dendritic Morphology of the Central Circadian Clock. Cell Reports, 19(3), 505–520. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2017.03.057

Park, K. K., Luo, X., *Mooney, S. J., Yungher, B. J., Belin, S., Wang, C., Holmes, M. M., & He, Z. (2017). Retinal ganglion cell survival and axon regeneration after optic nerve injury in naked mole-rats. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 525(2), 380–388. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.24070

Mosley, M., Shah, C., Morse, K. A., Miloro, S. A., Holmes, M. M., Ahern, T. H., & Forger, N. G. (2017). Patterns of cell death in the perinatal mouse forebrain. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 525(1), 47–64. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.24041

*Peragine, D. E., *Yousuf, Y., *Fu, Y., *Swift-Gallant, A., *Ginzberg, K., & Holmes, M. M. (2016). Contrasting effects of opposite- versus same-sex housing on hormones, behavior and neurogenesis in a eusocial mammal. Hormones and Behavior, 81, 28–37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.03.005

*Hathaway, G. A., *Faykoo-Martinez, M., *Peragine, D. E., *Mooney, S. J., & Holmes, M. M. (2016). Subcaste differences in neural activation suggest a prosocial role for oxytocin in eusocial naked mole-rats. Hormones and Behavior, 79, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.12.001

Beery, A. K., Bicks, L., *Mooney, S. J., Goodwin, N. L., & Holmes, M. M. (2016). Sex, social status, and CRF receptor densities in naked mole-rats. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 524(2), 228–243. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.23834

Holmes, M. M. (2016). Social regulation of adult neurogenesis: A comparative approach. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 41, 59–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yfrne.2016.02.001

*Swift-Gallant, A., *Mo, K., *Peragine, D. E., Monks, D. A., & Holmes, M. M. (2015). Removal of reproductive suppression reveals latent sex differences in brain steroid hormone receptors in naked mole-rats, Heterocephalus glaber. Biology of Sex Differences, 6(1), 31. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13293-015-0050-x

*Mooney, S. J., *Filice, D. C. S., *Douglas, N. R., & Holmes, M. M. (2015). Task specialization and task switching in eusocial mammals. Animal Behaviour, 109, 227–233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.08.019

*Mooney, S. J., Coen, C. W., Holmes, M. M., & Beery, A. K. (2015). Region-specific associations between sex, social status, and oxytocin receptor density in the brains of eusocial rodents. Neuroscience, 303, 261–269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.06.043

*Toor, I., Clement, D., Carlson, E. N., & Holmes, M. M. (2015). Olfaction and social cognition in eusocial naked mole-rats, Heterocephalus glaber. Animal Behaviour, 107, 175–181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.06.015

*Mooney, S. J., & Holmes, M. M. (2015). Successful intracerebroventricular cannulation of a eusocial mammal. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 239, 75–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2014.09.026

*Peragine, D. E., *Simpson, J. A., *Mooney, S. J., Lovern, M. B., & Holmes, M. M. (2014). Social regulation of adult neurogenesis in a eusocial mammal. Neuroscience, 268, 10–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.02.044

*Mooney, S. J., *Douglas, N. R., & Holmes, M. M. (2014). Peripheral administration of oxytocin increases social affiliation in the naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber). Hormones and Behavior, 65(4), 380–385. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.02.003

*Mooney, S. J., *Peragine, D. E., *Hathaway, G. A., & Holmes, M. M. (2014). A game of thrones: Neural plasticity in mammalian social hierarchies. Social Neuroscience, 9(2), 108–117. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470919.2014.882862

*Mongillo, D. L., *Kosyachkova, E. A., *Nguyen, T. M., & Holmes, M. M. (2013). Differential effects of chronic fluoxetine on the behavior of dominant and subordinate naked mole-rats. Behavioural Brain Research, 258, 119–126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2013.10.023

Holmes, M. M., *Van Mil, S., *Bulkowski, C., Goldman, S. L., Goldman, B. D., & Forger, N. G. (2013). Androgen receptor distribution in the social decision-making network of eusocial naked mole-rats. Behavioural Brain Research, 256, 214–218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2013.08.025

Zhou, S., Holmes, M. M., Forger, N. G., Goldman, B. D., Lovern, M. B., Caraty, A., Kalló, I., Faulkes, C. G., & Coen, C. W. (2013). Socially regulated reproductive development: Analysis of GnRH-1 and kisspeptin neuronal systems in cooperatively breeding naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber). Journal of Comparative Neurology, 521(13), 3003–3029. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.23327

*Luedke, A. C., *Boucher, P. O., Niel, L., & Holmes, M. M. (2013). Altered anxiety and defensive behaviors in Bax knockout mice. Behavioural Brain Research, 239, 115–120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2012.10.056

*Mooney, S. J., & Holmes, M. M. (2013). Social condition and oxytocin neuron number in the hypothalamus of naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber). Neuroscience, 230, 56–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.11.014

Niel, L., Alves, P. A., Pinzon, N., Holmes, M. M., Lovern, M. B., & Monks, D. A. (2012). Maintenance of the spinal nucleus of the bulbocavernosus neuromuscular system is not influenced by physiological levels of glucocorticoids. Developmental Neurobiology, 72(8), 1114–1121. https://doi.org/10.1002/dneu.20883

Holmes, M. M., Niel, L., *Anyan, J. J., *Griffith, A. T., Monks, D. A., & Forger, N. G. (2011). Effects of Bax gene deletion on social behaviors and neural response to olfactory cues in mice. European Journal of Neuroscience, 34(9), 1492–1499. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07881.x

*Anyan, J. J., Seney, M. L., Holley, A., Bengston, L., Goldman, B. D., Forger, N. G., & Holmes, M. M. (2011). Social Status and Sex Effects on Neural Morphology in Damaraland Mole-Rats, Fukomys damarensis. Brain Behavior and Evolution, 77(4), 291–298. https://doi.org/10.1159/000328640

Holmes, M. M., Seney, M. L., Goldman, B. D., & Forger, N. G. (2011). Social and hormonal triggers of neural plasticity in naked mole-rats. Behavioural Brain Research, 218(1), 234–239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2010.11.056

Holmes, M. M., Goldman, B. D., Goldman, S. L., Seney, M. L., & Forger, N. G. (2009). Neuroendocrinology and sexual differentiation in eusocial mammals. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 30(4), 519–533. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yfrne.2009.04.010

Holmes, M. M., Musa, M., Lonstein, J. S., & Monks, D. A. (2009). Sexual dimorphism and hormone responsiveness in the spinal cord of the socially monogamous prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster). Journal of Comparative Neurology, 516(2), 117–124. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.22095

Holmes, M. M., McCutcheon, J., & Forger, N. G. (2009). Sex differences in NeuN- and androgen receptor–positive cells in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis are due to Bax-dependent cell death. Neuroscience, 158(4), 1251–1256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.11.020

Holmes, M. M., Goldman, B. D., & Forger, N. G. (2008). Social status and sex independently influence androgen receptor expression in the eusocial naked mole-rat brain. Hormones and Behavior, 54(2), 278–285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.03.010

Holmes, M. M., Bartrem, C. L., & Wade, J. (2007). Androgen dependent seasonal changes in muscle fiber type in the dewlap neuromuscular system of green anoles. Physiology & Behavior, 91(5), 601–608. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.03.022

Holmes, M. M., Rosen, G. J., Jordan, C. L., de Vries, G. J., Goldman, B. D., & Forger, N. G. (2007). Social control of brain morphology in a eusocial mammal. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104(25), 10548–10552. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0610344104

Holmes, M. M., & Wade, J. (2005). Sexual differentiation of the copulatory neuromuscular system in green anoles (Anolis carolinensis): Normal ontogeny and manipulation of steroid hormones. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 489(4), 480–490. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.20645

Holmes, M. M., & Wade, J. (2005). Testosterone Regulates Androgen Receptor Immunoreactivity in the Copulatory, but not Courtship, Neuromuscular System in Adult Male Green Anoles. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 17(9), 560–569. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2826.2005.01339.x

Holmes, M. M., Putz, O., Crews, D., & Wade, J. (2005). Normally occurring intersexuality and testosterone induced plasticity in the copulatory system of adult leopard geckos. Hormones and Behavior, 47(4), 439–445. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2004.11.020

Holmes, M. M., Galea, L. A. M., Mistlberger, R. E., & Kempermann, G. (2004). Adult hippocampal neurogenesis and voluntary running activity: Circadian and dose-dependent effects. Journal of Neuroscience Research, 76(2), 216–222. https://doi.org/10.1002/jnr.20039

Holmes, M. M., & Wade, J. (2004). Seasonal plasticity in the copulatory neuromuscular system of green anole lizards: A role for testosterone in muscle but not motoneuron morphology. Journal of Neurobiology, 60(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1002/neu.10334

Lovern, M. B., Holmes, M. M., Fuller, C. O., & Wade, J. (2004). Effects of testosterone on the development of neuromuscular systems and their target tissues involved in courtship and copulation in green anoles (Anolis carolinensis). Hormones and Behavior, 45(5), 295–305. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2003.10.003

Holmes, M. M., & Wade, J. (2004). Characterization of projections from a sexually dimorphic motor nucleus in the spinal cord of adult green anoles. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 471(2), 180–187. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.20027

Lovern, M. B., Holmes, M. M., & Wade, J. (2004). The Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis): A Reptilian Model for Laboratory Studies of Reproductive Morphology and Behavior. ILAR Journal, 45(1), 54–64. https://doi.org/10.1093/ilar.45.1.54

Holmes, M. M., Wide, J. K., & Galea, L. A. M. (2002). Low levels of estradiol facilitate, whereas high levels of estradiol impair, working memory performance on the radial arm maze. Behavioral Neuroscience, 116(5), 928–934. https://doi.org/10.1037/0735-7044.116.5.928

Holmes, M. M., & Galea, L. A. M. (2002). Defensive behavior and hippocampal cell proliferation: Differential modulation by naltrexone during stress. Behavioral Neuroscience, 116(1), 160–168. https://doi.org/10.1037/0735-7044.116.1.160

Holmes, M. M., & Galea, L. A. M. (2002). Sex Differences in the Brain. In Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1002/0470018860.s00405

Galea, L. A. M., Wide, J. K., Paine, T. A., Holmes, M. M., Ormerod, B. K., & Floresco, S. B. (2001). High levels of estradiol disrupt conditioned place preference learning, stimulus response learning and reference memory but have limited effects on working memory. Behavioural Brain Research, 126(1), 115–126. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0166-4328(01)00255-8

Mistlberger, R. E., & Holmes, M. M. (2000). Behavioral feedback regulation of circadian rhythm phase angle in light-dark entrained mice. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 279(3), R813–R821. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.2000.279.3.R813

Holmes, M. M., & Mistlberger, R. E. (2000). Food anticipatory activity and photic entrainment in food-restricted BALB/c mice. Physiology & Behavior, 68(5), 655–666. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9384(99)00231-0

Mistlberger, R. E., & Holmes, M. M. (1999). Morphine-induced activity attenuates phase shifts to light in C57BL/6J mice. Brain Research, 829(1), 113–119. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01370-0

Mistlberger, R. E., Bossert, J. M., Holmes, M. M., & Marchant, E. G. (1998). Serotonin and feedback effects of behavioral activity on circadian rhythms in mice. Behavioural Brain Research, 96(1), 93–99. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0166-4328(98)00007-2