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Felgendreger, L.A., S.J. Fluharty, D.K. Yee, and L.M. Flanagan-Cato. Endogenous angiotensin II-induced p42/44 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activation mediates sodium appetite but not thirst or neurohypophysial secretion. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 25: 97-106, 2013.
Ferri, S.L. and L.M. Flanagan-Cato. Oxytocin and dendrite remodeling in the hypothalamus. Hormones and Behavior, 61: 251-258, 2012.
Griffin, G.D. and L.M. Flanagan-Cato. Ovarian hormone action in the hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus: remodelling to regulate reproduction. J. Neuroendocrinology 23: 465-471, 2011.
Flanagan-Cato, L.M. Sex differences in the neural circuits mediating female sexual receptivity. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 32: 14-136, 2011.
Griffin, G.D., S.L. Ferri-Kolwicz, B.S. Reyes, E. J. Van Bockstaele and L.M. Flanagan-Cato. Ovarian hormone-induced reorganization of oxytocin-labeled dendrites and synapses lateral to the hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus in female rats. Journal of Comparative Neurology 518; 4531-4545, 2010.
LaBelle, D.R., J.M. Cox, A.A. Dunn-Meynell, B.E. Levin, and L.M. Flanagan-Cato. Genetic and dietary effects on dendrites in the hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus. Physiology and Behavior 98: 511-516, 2009.
Griffin, G.D. and L.M. Flanagan-Cato. Sex differences in the dendritic arbors of neurons in the hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus. Physiology and Behavior 97: 151-156, 2009.
Griffin, G.D. and L.M. Flanagan-Cato. Estradiol and progesterone differentially regulate the dendritic arbor of neurons in the hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus of the female rat (Rattus norvegicus). J. Comp. Neurol. 510: 631-640, 2008.
Pfaff, D.W., L.-M. Kow, M. Loose, L.M. Flanagan-Cato. Reverse engineering the lordosis behavior circuit. Hormones and Behavior, 55: 347¤354, 2008.
Flanagan-Cato, L.M., S.J. Fluharty, E.B. Weinreb, and D.R. LaBelle. Food restriction alters neuronal morphology in the hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus of male rats. Endocrinology, 149: 93-99, 2008.