Agrati, D., Marin, G., Rehermann, L., Uriarte, N., Antonelli, M. C., Bedó, G. (2024). Reduced sensitivity to cocaine effects and changes in mesocorticolimbic dopamine receptors in adolescent sexually active female rats. Psychopharmacology, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-024-06741-3
Zuluaga, M.J., Agrati, D., Athaíde, V., Ferreira, A., Uriarte, N. (2023). Fear response of rat pups to a non-aversive social stimulus: Evidence for the involvement of memory processes. Developmental Psychobiology, 65(7), e22417. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.22417
Freitas-de-Melo, A., Agrati, D., Rodriguez, M. G. K., Pérez-Clariget, R., Ungerfeld, R. (2022). Sex or maternal care? Nursing oestrous ewes prefer to interact with rams over their lambs. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 257, 105800. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2022.105800
Agrati, D., Uriarte, N. (2023). What can challenging reproductive contexts tell us about the rat’s maternal behavior? Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. Vol. 17 -2023. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2023.1239681.
Agrati, D. (2022). Adolescence and Postpartum: Two Life Periods to Deepen Our Understanding of the Complexity of Female Rat Sexual Behavior. Sexes, 3(2), 282-297. https://doi.org/10.3390/sexes3020022
Armas M., Marín G., Uriarte N., Agrati D. (2021). Increase in sexual motivation throughout adolescence in the cycling female rat. Developmental Psychobiology, 63(6):e22162. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.22162
Uriarte N., Ferreño M., Méndez D., Nogueira J. (2020). Reorganization of perineuronal nets in the medial Preoptic Area during the reproductive cycle in female rats. Scientific reports, 10(1):1-12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-62163-z
Pose S., Zuluaga MJ., Ferreño M., Agrati D., Bedó G., Uriarte N. (2019). Raising overlapping litters: Differential activation of rat maternal neural circuitry after interacting with newborn or juvenile pups. Journal of neuroendocrinology, 31(9):e12701. https://doi.org/10.1111/jne.12701
Ferreño M., Pose S., Zuluaga MJ., Agrati D., Ferreira A., Uriarte N. (2018). Incentive value of newborn pups relative to juveniles for mother rats raising overlapping litters. Behavioural processes, 157:333-336. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2018.07.016
Ferreño M., Uriarte N., Zuluaga MJ., Ferreira A., Agrati D. (2018). Dopaminergic activity mediates pups' over male preference of postpartum estrous rats. Physiology & Behaviour, 188:134-139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.02.002
Agrati D., Ferreño M., Marin G., Uriarte N., Zuluaga MJ., Fernandez-Guasti A., Ferreira A. (2016). Previous and recent maternal experiences modulate pups' incentive value relative to a male without affecting maternal behavior in postpartum estrous rats. Journal of Physiology-Paris, SI issue Neuroethology: 110:140-148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphysparis.2016.11.002
Agrati D., Fernández-Guasti A., Ferreño M., Ferreira A. (2011). Coexpression of sexual behavior and maternal aggression: the ambivalence of sexually active mother rats toward male intruders. Behav Neurosci., 125(3):446-51. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0023085