Selected Publications
Nelson AC+, Kapoor V+, Vaughn E, Gnanasegaram JA, Rubinstein ND, Talay M, Murthy VN, & Dulac C. 2025. Molecular and neural control of social hierarchy by a forebrain-thalamocortical circuit. Cell.
Vandendoren, M, Rogers, JF., Landen, JG., Killmer, S., Alimiri, B., Pohlman, C., Tattersall GJ., Bedford, NL, Nelson, AC*. 2025. Oxytocin neurons signal state-dependent transitions to thermogenesis and behavioral arousal in social and non-social settings. eLife.
Taylor DS, Allotey AA, Fanelli RE, Satyanarayana SB, Bettadapura SS, Wyatt CR, Landen JG, Nelson AC, Schmitt EE, Bruns DR, Bedford NL,. Diurnal Regulation of Urinary Behavior and Gene Expression in Aged Mice, The Journals of Gerontology: Series A, 2025;, glaf208
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Nelson AC*, Colson KE, Harmon S, & Potts WK. 2013. Rapid adaptation to mammalian sociality via sexually selected traits. BMC Evolutionary Biology.
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 Ecoimmunology (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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