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Veronica M. Afonso

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14

Publications

774

Citations

13

H-Index

2003

Active since

Affiliations

University of Toronto(Current)

Concordia University

Rush University Medical Center

Jewish General Hospital

McGill University

Veronica M. Afonso is an author at University of Toronto specializing in neuroscience, medicine, and social sciences.

Top concepts

NeuroscienceMedicineSocial SciencesBehavioral NeurosciencePhysiologyNervous SystemBehavioral ScienceEndocrinologyAnimal BehaviorNeuropharmacology

Publications per year

2003–2014

14

Publications

14

Medial prefrontal cortex lesions in the female rat affect sexual and maternal behavior and their sequential organization.

Veronica M. Afonso, Margarette Sison, Vedran Lovic et al. · Behavioral Neuroscience · 2007 · 143 citations

Sequential Organization, Neuropsychology, Mpfc Manipulations +22

Hormones that increase maternal responsiveness affect accumbal dopaminergic responses to pup- and food-stimuli in the female rat

Veronica M. Afonso, Samantha J. King, Diptendu Chatterjee et al. · Hormones and Behavior · 2009 · 114 citations

Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Neuroscience, Physiology +9

Previous maternal experience affects accumbal dopaminergic responses to pup-stimuli

Veronica M. Afonso, Stephanie L. Grella, Diptendu Chatterjee et al. · Brain Research · 2008 · 90 citations

Neurobiological Mechanism, Behavioral Neuroscience, Dopaminergic Responses +5

Accumbal dopamine function in postpartum rats that were raised without their mothers

Veronica M. Afonso, Samantha J. King, Marko Novakov et al. · Hormones and Behavior · 2011 · 69 citations

Behavioral Sciences, Accumbal Dopamine Function, Behavioral Neuroscience +11

Relationship between wheel running, feeding, drinking, and body weight in male rats

Veronica M. Afonso, Roelof Eikelboom · Physiology & Behavior · 2003 · 61 citations

Obesity, Animal Physiology, Energy Homeostasis +12

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