2021

• Pfaus, J.G. (2021). Neuroelectrical activity and sexual stimluation: Deconstructing a Tower of Babel. Archives of Sexual Behavior, in press.

• ​Pfaus, J.G. (2021). TRPC2: A pheromonal funnel into same sex sexual behavior. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50, 2299-2300.

• ​Pfaus, J.G., Sadiq, A., Spana, C., Clayton, A.H. (2021). The neurobiology of bremelanotide for the treatment of hypoactive sexual desire disorder in premenopausal women. CNS Spectrums, 18, 1-29.

• ​Androvičová, R., Pfaus, J.G., & Ovsepian, SV. Estrogen pendulum in schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease: Review of therapeutic benefits and outstanding questions. Neuroscience Letters, 759, 136038.

• ​Domínguez-Ordoñez, R., Garcia-Juárez, M., Tapia-Hernández, S., Luna Hernández, A., Galindo Madrid, M.E., Tecamachaltzi-Silvarán, M.B., Pfaus, J.G., & González-Flores, O. (2021). Oxytocin induces lordosis behavior in female rats through the prostaglandin E2/GnRH signaling system. Hormones and Behavior, 136, 105081.

• Garcia-Juárez, M., Lima-Hernández, F.J., Pfaus, J.G., & González-Flores, O. (2021). Tibolone induces lordosis behavior, but not concurrent or sequential inhibition, in Sprague Dawley rats. Neuroscience Letters, 755, 135916.

• Goldstein, I., Komisaruk, B.R., Pukall, C.F., Kim, N.N., Goldstein, A.T., Goldstein, S.W., Hartzell-Cushanick, R., Kellogg-Spadt, S., Kim, C., Jackowich, R., Parish, S.J., Patterson, A., Peters, K., & Pfaus, J.G. (2021). International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH) review of epidemiology and pathophysiology, and a consensus nomenclature and process of care for the management of Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder/Genito-Pelvic Dysesthesia (PGAD/GPD). Journal of Sexual Medicine, 18, 665-697. Winner of the 2021 Best Paper Award for Women’s Sexual Health, International Society for Sexual Medicine.

• ​González Catuela, B.V., Quintana, G.R., Ackerman, J., & Pfaus, J.G. (2021). Acute caffeine reverses the disruptive effects of chronic fluoxetine on the sexual behavior of female and male rats. Psychopharmacology, 238, 755-764.

• Höhle, D., van Rooij, K., Bloemers, J., Pfaus, J.G., Michiels, F., Janssen, P., Claassen, E., Tuiten, A.A. (2021). A survival of the fittest strategy for the selection of genotypes by which drug responders and non-responders can be predicted in small groups. PLoS One, 16, e0246828.

• ​Lynn, B., Grabenhorst, C., Komisaruk, B.R, Goldstein I., & Pfaus J.G. (2021). The use of pramipexole to treat persistent genital arousal disorder (PGAD): A case report. Sexual Medicine, 9, 100372.

• ​Nolet, K., Emond, F.C., Pfaus, J.G., Gagnon, J., & Rouleau, J.-L. (2021). Sexual attentional bias in oung adult heterosexual men: attention allocation following self-regulation. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50, 2531-2542.

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2020

• ​Pfaus, J.G., Quintana, G.R., Mac Cionnaith, C.E., Gerson, C.A., Dubé, D., & Coria-Avila, C.A. (2020). Conditioning of sexual interests and paraphilias in humans is difficult to see, virtually impossible to test, and probably exactly how it happens: A comment on Hsu and Bailey (2019). Archives of Sexual Behavior, 49, 1403-1407.

• García-Juáreza, M., Montes-Narváeza, O., Lima-Hernández, F.J., Pfaus, J.G., & González-Flores, O. (2020). Tibolone facilitates lordosis behavior through estrogen, progestin, and GnRH-1 receptors in estrogen-primed rats. Neuroscience Letters, 736, 135299.

• Lynn, B., Gee, A., Zhang, L., & Pfaus, J.G. (2020). Effects of cannabinoids on female sexual function.  Sexual Medicine Reviews, 8, 18-27.

• ​Mac Cionnaith, C.E., Lemay, A., Gomez-Perales, E.L., Robert, G., Cernik, R., Brake, W., & Pfaus, J.G. (2020). Fos expression is increased in oxytocin neurons of female rats with a sexually conditioned mate preference for an individual male rat. Hormones and Behavior, 117, 104612.

• ​Maseroli, E., Santangelo, A., Lara-Fontes, B., Quintana, G. R., Mac Cionnaith, C. E., Casarrubia, M., Ricca, V., Maggi, M., Vignozzi, L., & Pfaus, J.G. (2020). The non-aromatizable androgen dihydrotestosterone (DHT) facilitates sexual behavior in ovariectomized female rats primed with estradiol. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 115, 104616.

• ​Ménard, S., Gelez, H., Jacubovich, M., Coria-Avila, G.A., & Pfaus, J.G. (2020). Appetitive olfactory conditioning in the neonatal male rat facilitates subsequent sexual partner preference. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 121, 104858.

2019

• Pfaus, J.G. (2019). From genital sensations to perturbed ejaculations: Reflections on the passions of Prof. Dr. Marcel D. Waldinger. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 16, 1319-1321.

• Gerson, C.A., Mac Cionnaith, C.E., Quintana, G.R., & Pfaus, J.G. (2019). Effects of ovarian hormones on the emission of 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations during distributed clitoral stimulation in the  rat. Hormones and Behavior, 109, 1-9.

• Goldstein, I., Althof, S.E., McMahon, C.G., van Rooij, K., Janssen, P., Tuiten, A., Pfaus, J.G., Giraldi. A. (2019). Marcel D. Waldinger January 17, 1955-May 1, 2019. Sexual Medicine Reviews, 7, 377-379.

• Jones, SL., Rosenbaum, S., Gardner Gregory, J., & Pfaus, J.G. (2019). Aromatization is not required for the facilitation of appetitive sexual behaviors in ovariectomized rats treated with estradiol and testosterone. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 13, 798-811.

• ​Ménard, S., Gelez, H., Girard-Bériault, F., Coria-Avila, G.A., & Pfaus, J.G. (2019). Differential role of oxytocin and vasopressin in the conditioned ejaculatory preference of the male rat. Physiology & Behavior, 208, 112577.

• Quintana, G.R., Mac Cionnaith, C.E., & Pfaus, J.G. (2019). Behavior is the ultimate arbiter: An alternative explanation for the effect of fluoxetine on the ovulatory homologue model of orgasm. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 116, 25382-25383.

• Quintana, GR., Desbiens, S., Marceau, S., Kalantari, N., Bowden, J., & Pfaus, J.G. (2019). Conditioned partner preference in male and female rats for a somatosensory cue. Behavioral Neuroscience, 133, 188-197.

• Quintana, G.R., González, B., Borduas, E., Lemay, V., Yarur, F., & Pfaus, J.G. (2019). Naloxone disrupts the development of a conditioned ejaculatory preference based on a somatosensory cue in male rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 133, 198-202.

• Quintana, G.R., Birrel, M., Marceau, S., Kalantari, N., Bowden, J., Bachoura, Y., Borduas, E., Lemay, V., Mac Cionnaith, C., & Pfaus, J.G. (2019). Differential disruption of conditioned ejaculatory preference in the male rat based on different sensory modalities by micro-infusions of naloxone to the medial preoptic area or ventral tegmental area. Psychopharmacology, 236, 3613-3623.

• Zavorsky, G., Vouyoukas, E., & Pfaus, J.G. (2019). Sexual activity the night before exercise does not affect various measures of physical exercise performance. Sexual Medicine, 7, 235-240

2018

• Coria-Avila, G.A., Cibrian-Llanderal, T., Díaz-Estrada, V.X., García, L.I., Toledo-Cárdenas, R., Pfaus, J.G., & Manzo, J. (2018). Brain activation associated to olfactory conditioned same-sex partner preference in male rats. Hormones and Behavior, 99, 50-56.

• Holley, A., Joulakian, L., Wenzel, K., Roorda, Jr. S., Gonzalez, B., Sparks, L., & Pfaus, J.G. (2018). Inhibition of lysine-specific demethylase enzyme disrupts sexually conditioned mate guarding in the female rat. Physiology & Behavior, 196, 78-83.

• Hyland, L., Rosenbaum, S., Edwards, A., Palacios, D., Graham, M.D., Pfaus, J.G., Woodside, B., & Abizaid, A. (2018). Central ghrelin receptor stimulation modulates sex motivation in male rats in a site dependent manner. Hormones and Behavior, 97, 56-66.

• Quintana, G.R., Guizar, A., Rassi, S., & Pfaus, J.G. (2018a). First sexual experiences determine the development of conditioned ejaculatory preference in male rats. Learning and Memory, 25, 513-521.

• Quintana, G.R., Jackson, M., Nasr, M., & Pfaus, J.G. (2018b). Effect of CS pre-exposure on the conditioned ejaculatory preference of the male rat: Behavioral analyses and neural correlates. Learning and Memory, 25, 522-532.

• Tuiten, A., van Rooij, K., Bloemers, J., Eisenegger, C., van Honk, J., Kessels, R., Kingsberg, S., Derogatis, L.R., de Leede, L., Gerritsen, J., Koppeschaar, H.P.F., Olivier, B., Everaerd, W., Frijlink, H.W., Höhle, D., de Lange, R.P.J., Böcker, K.B.E., & Pfaus J.G. (2018). Efficacy and safety of on-demand use of two treatments designed for different etiologies of female sexual interest/arousal disorder: Three randomized clinical trials. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 15, 201-216.

• Tuiten, A., Michiels, F., Böcker, K.B., Höhle, D., van Honk, J., de Lange, R.P., van Rooij, K., Kessels, R., Bloemers, J., Gerritsen, J., Janssen, P., de Leede, L., Meyer, J.J., Everaerd, W., Frijlink, H.W., Koppeschaar, H.P., Olivier, B., & Pfaus. J.G. (2018). Genotype scores predict drug efficacy in subtypes of female sexual interest/arousal disorder: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled cross-over trial.  Womens Health (Lond). 14, 1745506518788970.

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2017

• Pfaus, J.G. (2017) Persistent genital arousal disorder -- Fact or fiction? Journal of Sexual Medicine, 14, 318-319.

• Pfaus, J.G. & Goldstein, I. (2017). Does gender matter? The prostate: male, female, or both? Sexual Medicine Reviews, 5, 253-255.

• Goldstein, I., Kim, N.N., Clayton, A.H., DeRogatis, L.R., Giraldi, A., Parish, S.J., Pfaus, J.G., Simon, J.A., Kingsburg, S.A., Meston, C., Stahl, S.M., Wallen, K., & Worsley, R. (2016). Understanding the management of hypoactive sexual desrie disorder. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 92, 114-128.

• Jones, S.L., Ismail, N., & Pfaus, J.G. (2017). Facilitation of sexual behavior in ovariectomized rats by estradiol and testosterone: a preclinical model of androgen effects on female sexual desire. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 79, 122-133.

• Prause, N., Janssen, E., Georgiadis, J., Finn, P., & Pfaus, J.G. (2017). Data do not support sex as addictive. Lancet Psychiatry, 4, 899. 

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2016

• Pfaus, J.G., Quintana, G.R., Mac Cionnaith, C., Parada, M. (2016). The whole versus the sum of some of the parts: toward resolving the apparent controversy of clitoral versus vaginal orgasms. Socioaffective Neuroscience and Psychology, 6, 32578.

• Pfaus, J.G., Scardochio, T., Parada, M., Gerson, C., Quintana, G.R., Coria-Avila, G.A. (2016). Do rats have orgasms? Socioaffective Neuroscience and Psychology, 6, 31883.

• Coria-Avila, G.A., Herrera-Covarrubias, D., Ismail, N., & Pfaus, J.G. (2016). The role of orgasm in the development and shaping of partner preferences. Socioaffective Neuroscience and Psychology, 6, 31815.

• Juster, R. P., Almeida, D., Cardoso, C., Raymond, C., Johnson, P. J., Pfaus, J.G., Mendrek, A., Duchense, A., Pruessner, J. C., & Lupien, S. J. (2016). Gonads and strife: Sex hormones vary according to sexual orientation for women and stress indices for both sexes. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 72, 119-130.

• Parish, S.J., Goldstein, A.T., Goldstein, S.W., Goldstein, I., Pfaus, J.G., Clayton, A.H., Giraldi, A., Simon, J., Althof, S.E., Bachmann, G., Komisaruk, B., Levin, R., Kellogg Spadt, S., Kingsberg, S.A., Perelman, M.A., Waldinger, M., & Whipple, B. (2016).  Toward a more evidence-based nosology and nomenclature for female sexual dysfunctions – Part II. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 13, 1888-1906.

• Persson, T.J., Ryder, A.G., & Pfaus, J.G. (2016). Comparing subjective ratings of sexual arousal and desire in partnered sexual activities from women of different sexual orientations. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 45, 1391-1402.

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2015

• Pfaus, J.G. (2015). Treatment for hypoactive sexual desire. Cell, 163, 533.

• Farisello, L., Elalouf, K., Applebaum, J., Pfaus, J.G., Johnson, A. (2015). Quantifying the variance in eye movements while watching intact versus scrambled movies. Journal of Vision, 15, 1269.

• Graham M.D., Gardner Gregory, J., Hussain, D., Brake, W.G., & Pfaus, J.G. (2015). Ovarian steroids alter dopamine receptor populations in the medial preoptic area of female rats: Implications for sexual motivation, desire, and behaviour. European Journal of Neuroscience, 42, 3138-3148.

• Holley, A., Bellevue, S., Vosberg, D., Wenzel, K., Roorda, S. Jr, & Pfaus, J.G. (2015). The role of oxytocin and vasopressin in conditioned mate guarding in the female rat. Physiology and Behavior, 144, 7-14

• Jones, S.L., Alexandru Antonie, R., & Pfaus, J.G. (2015). The inhibitory effects of corncob bedding on sexual behavior in the ovariectomized Long-Evans rat treated with estradiol benzoate is overcome by male cues. Hormones and Behavior, 72, 39-48.

• Jones, S.L., Cordeaux, E., Germé, K., & Pfaus, J.G. (2015).  Behavioral defeminization by prenatal androgen treatment in rats can be overcome by sexual experience in adulthood. Hormones and Behavior, 73, 104-115.

• Jones, S.L., Gardner Gregory, J. & Pfaus, J.G., (2015). RU486 facilitates or disrupts the sensitization of sexual behaviors by estradiol in the ovariectomized Long-Evans rat: Effect of timecourse. Hormones and Behavior, 75, 1-10.

• Jones, S.L., Farisello, L., Mayer-Heft, N., & Pfaus, J.G. (2015). Repeated administration of estradiol promotes mechanisms of sexual excitation and inhibition: glutamate signaling in the ventromedial hypothalamus attenuates excitation. Behavioural Brain Research, 291, 118-129.

• Jones, S.L., Germé, K., Graham, M.D., Roy, P., Gardner Gregory, J., Rosenbaum, S., Parada, M. & Pfaus, J.G. (2015). Vaginocervical stimulation attenuates the sensitization of appetitive sexual behaviors by estradiol benzoate in the female rat. Hormones and Behavior, 75, 70-77.

• Juster, R.-P., Hatzenbuehler, M.L., Mendrek, A., Pfaus, J.G., Smith, N.G., Johnson, P.J., Lefebvre-Louis, J.-P., Raymond, C., Marin, M.-F., Sindi, S., Lupien, S.J., & Pruessner, J.C. (2015). Sexual orientation modulates endocrine stress reactivity. Biological Psychiatry, 77, 668-676.

• Kingsberg, S.A., Clayton, A.H., & Pfaus, J.G. (2015). The female sexual response: Current models, neurobiological underpinnings, and agents currently available or under investigation for the treatment of hypoactive sexual desire disorder. CNS Drugs, 29, 915-933. Lutchman, T.M., Persson, T.J., Pfaus, J.G., & Ryder, A.G. (2015). The role of community and sexual identity centrality in non-monosexual women’s mental health. National Association of Student Personnel Administrators GLBT Knowledge Community White Paper, Spring 2015, 1-3.

• Persson, T.J. & Pfaus, J.G. (2015). Bisexuality and mental health: Future research directions. Journal of Bisexuality, 15, 82-98.

• Persson, T.J., Pfaus, J.G., & Ryder, A.G. (2015). Reply to: Are stressful childhood experiences relevant in non-monosexual women? Social Science and Medicine, 128, 336-337

• Persson, T.J., Pfaus, J.G., & Ryder AG. (2015). Explaining mental health disparities for bisexual women: abuse history and risky sex, or the burdens of non-disclosure? Social Science and Medicine, 128, 366-373

• Prause, N. & Pfaus, J.G. (2015). Red herring: Hook, Line, and Stinker. Sexual Medicine, 3, 221-224.

• Prause, N. & Pfaus, J.G. (2015). Viewing sexual stimuli associated with greater sexual responsiveness, not erectile dysfunction. Sexual Medicine,3, 90-98.

• Triana-Del Rio, R., Tecamachaltzi-Silvarán, M.B., Díaz-Estrada, V.X., Herrera-Covarrubias, D., Corona-Morales, A.A., Pfaus, J.G., & Coria-Avila, G.A. (2015).  Conditioned same-sex partner preference in male rats is facilitated by oxytocin and dopamine: Effect on sexually dimorphic brain nuclei. Behavioural Brain Research, 283, 69-77.

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2014

• Cibrian-Llanderal, T., Triana-Del Rio, R, Tecamachaltzi-Silvaran, M., Pfaus, J.G., Manzo, J., García, L.I., & Coria-Avila, G.A. (2014). Cohabitation between male rats after ejaculation: effects on conditioned partner preference. Physiology & Behavior, 128, 303-308.

• (Coria-Avila, G.A., Manzo, J., Garcia, L.I., Carillo, P., Miquel, M., & Pfaus, J.G. (2014). Neurobiology of social attachments. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 43, 173-182.

• Farmer, M.A., Leja, A., Foxen-Craft, E., Chan, L., MacIntyre, L.C., Niaki, T., Chen, M., Mapplebeck, J.C.S., Tabry, V., Topham, L., Sukosd, M., Binik, T.M., Pfaus, J.G., & Mogil, J.S. (2014). Pain reduces sexual motivation in female but not male mice. Journal of Neuroscience, 34, 5747- 5753.

• Georgescu, M., Afonso, V.M., Graham, M.D., & Pfaus, J.G. (2014) Glutamate release in the ventromedial hypothalamus of female rats during copulation: Modulation by ovarian hormones. Hormones and Behavior, 65, 119-126.

• Holley, A., Shalev, S., Bellevue, S., & Pfaus, J.G. (2014). Conditioned mate-guarding behavior in the female rat. Physiology & Behavior, 131, 136-141.

• Jones, S.L. & Pfaus, J.G. (2014). Sensitization of sexual behaviors in ovariectomized Long-Evans rats is induced by a subthreshold dose of estradiol benzoate and attenuated by repeated copulation. Hormones and Behavior, 66, :655-662.

•  Parada, M., Sparks, L.M., Censi, S., & Pfaus, J.G.  (2014). Clitoral anesthesia disrupts paced copulation in the female rat. Physiology & Behavior, 123, 180-186.

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2013

• Pfaus, J.G., Erickson, K.A., & Talianakis, S. (2013). Somatosensory conditioning of sexual arousal, desire, and copulatory behavior in the male rat: A model of fetish development. Physiology & Behavior, 120,   114-123

• Bitzer J, Geraldi, A., Pfaus, J.G.  (2013). A standardized diagnostic interview for hypoactive sexual desore disorder.  Standard Operating Procedure (SOP Part 2). Journal of Sexual Medicine,10, 50-57.

• Bitzer J, Geraldi, A., Pfaus, J.G.  (2013). Sexual desire and hypoactive sexual desire disorder: Introduction and overview.  Standard Operating Procedure (SOP, Part 1). Journal of Sexual Medicine, 10, 36-49.

• Gelez, H, Greggain-Mohr, J., Pfaus, J.G., Allers. K.A., Giuliano, F., (2013). Flibanserin increases appetitive sexual motivation in the female rat. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 10, 1231-1239.

• Geraldi, A., Rellini, A., Pfaus, J.G., Laan, E. (2013). Sexual arousal disorders in women. Journal of Sexual Medicine,10, 58-73.

• Graham, M.D. & Pfaus, J.G. Infusions of ascorbic acid into the medial preoptic area facilitate appetitive sexual behaviour in the female rat Physiology & Behavior, 122, 140-146.

• Jones, S.L., Farrell, S., Gardner Gregory, J., & Pfaus, J.G. (2013). Sensitization of sexual behavior in ovariectomixed rats by chronic estradiol treatment. Hormones and Behavior, 64, 8-18.

• Kim, S.W., Schenck, C.H., Grant, J.E., Yoon, G., Dorsa, P.I., Odlaug, B.L., Schreiber, L.R.N., Hurwitz, T.D., & Pfaus, J.G. (2013). Neurobiology of sexual desire. NeuroQuantology, 11, 332-359.

• Parada, M., Jafari, N., & Pfaus, J.G. (2013). Sexual experience blocks the ability of clitoral stimulation to induce a conditioned place preference in the rat. Physiology & Behavior, 119, 97-102.

2012

• Pfaus, J.G., Kippin, T.E., Coria-Avila, G.E., Gelez, H., Afonso, V.M., Ismail, N., & Parada, M. (2012). Who, What, Where, When, (and Maybe Even Why)? How the experience of sexual reward influences    sexual desire, preference, and performance. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 41, 31-62.

• Cacioppo S, Bianchi-Demicheli F, Frum C, Pfaus J.G., Lewis JW (2012). The common neural bases between sexual desire and love: a multilevel kernel density fMRI analysis. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 9, 1048-1054.

• Georgescu, M., Cyr, D., & Pfaus, J.G. (2012). AMPA/Kainate receptors in the ventromedial hypothalamus mediate the effects of glutamate on estrus termination in the rat. Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Behavior,102, 146-150.

• Georgiadis, J.R., Kringelbach, M.L., & Pfaus, J.G. (2012). Sex for fun: bringing together human and animal neurobiology. Nature Reveiws Urology, 9, 486-498.

• Graham, M.D. & Pfaus, J.G. (2012). Differential effects of dopamine antagonists infused into the medial preoptic area on the sexual behavior of female rats primed with estrogen and progesterone. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 102, 532-539.

• Jones, S.L., Ismail, N., King, L., & Pfaus, J.G.  (2012) Effect of chronic administration of testosterone propionate with or without estradiol on the sexual behavior and plasma steroid levels of aged female rats. Endocrinology 153, 5928-5938.

• Parada, M., Barbosa Vargas, E., Kyres, M., Burnside, K., & Pfaus, J.G. (2012). The role of ovarian hormones in sexual reward states of the female rat. Hormones & Behavior, 62, 442-447.

• Paredes-Ramos, P., Miquel, M., Manzo J, Pfaus, J.G., López-Meraz, L., & Coria-Avila, G.A. (2012) Tickling conditions sexual partner preference in juvenile, but not adult, female rats. Physiology & Behavior, 107, 17-25.

2011

• Pfaus, J.G. (2011). A room of one’s own (Editorial). Journal of Sexual Medicine, 8, 335-336.

• Giraldi, A., Rellini, A., Pfaus, J.G., Btzer, J., Jannini, E., & Fugl-Meyer, A.R. (2011). Questionnaires for assessment of female sexual dysfunction: A review and proposal for a standardized screener. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 8, 2680-2706.

• Ismail, N., Jones, S.L., Graham, M.D., Sylvester, S., & Pfaus, J.G. (2011). Partner preference for strain of female in the male rat. Physiology & Behavior, 102, 285-290.

• Parada, M., Abdul-Ahad, F., Censi, S., Sparks, L., & Pfaus, J.G.  (2011). Context alters the ability of clitoral stimulation to induce a sexually-conditioned partner preference in the rat. Hormones and Behavior, 59, 520-527.

• Paredes-Ramos, P., Pfaus, J.G., Miquel, M., Manzo, J., & Coria-Avila, G.A. (2011). Sexual reward induces Fos in cerebellum of female rats. Physiology & Behavior, 102, 143-148.

• Paredes-Ramos, P., Jones, S.L., Pérez-Pachoulén, M., Coria-Avila, G.A., & Pfaus, J.G. (2011). Progressive abdominal enlargement and limb weakness in aged, hormonally-treated female rats. Lab Animal, 40, 14-15.

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2010

• Pfaus, J.G. (2010). Dopamine: Helping males copulate for at least 200 million years. Theoretical comment on Kleitz-Nelson, Dominguez, and Ball (2010) Behavioral Neuroscience, 124, 877-880.

• Pfaus, J.G., Wilkins, M.F., DiPietro, N., Benibgui, M., Toledano, R., Rowe, A., Castro Couch, M. (2010). Inhibitory and disinhibitory effects of psychomotor stimulants and depressants on the sexual behavior of male and female rats. Hormones and Behavior, 58, 163-176. 

• Coria-Avila, G.A., Pfaus, J.G., Cibrian-Llanderal, T., Tecamachaltzi-Silvaran, M., Triana-Del Rio, R., Montero-Domínguez, F., Paredes-Ramos, P., López-Meraz, L., Manzo, J., García, L. (2010).  Cómo aprender a comportarse… sexualmente. E Neurobiolgia Revista, 1, 1-10.

• Cibrian-Llanderal, T., Tecamachaltzi-Silvaran, M., Triana-Del Rio, R., Pfaus, J.G., Manzo, J., & Coria-  Avila, G.A. (2010) Clitoral stimulation modulates appetitive sexual behavior and facilitates reproduction in rats. Physiology & Behavior,100,148-153.

• Giuliano, F., Pfaus, J.G., Balasubramanian, S., Hedlund, P., Hisasue, S., Marson, L., & Wallen, K. (2010). Experimental models for the study of male and female sexual functions. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 7, 2970-2995.

• Graham, M.D., Pfaus, J.G.  (2010) Differential regulation of female sexual behaviour by dopamine agonists in the medial preoptic area. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior, 97, 284-292.

• Ismail, N., Laroche, C., Girard-Bériault, F., Ménard, S., Greggain-Mohr, J., & Pfaus, J.G. (2010). Conditioned ejaculatory preference in male rats paired with haloperidol-treated females. Physiology and Behavior, 100, 116-121.

• Montorsi F, Adaikan G, Becher E, Giuliano F, Khoury S, Lue TF, Sharlip I, Althof SE, Andersson KE, Brock G, Broderick G, Burnett A, Buvat J, Dean J, Donatucci C, Eardley I, Fugl-Meyer KS, Goldstein I, Hackett G, Hatzichristou D, Hellstrom W, Incrocci L, Jackson G, Kadioglu A, Levine L, Lewis RW, Maggi M, McCabe M, McMahon CG, Montague D, Montorsi P, Mulhall J, Pfaus JG, Porst H, Ralph D, Rosen R, Rowland D, Sadeghi-Nejad H, Shabsigh R, Stief C, Vardi Y, Wallen K, Wasserman M. (2010). Summary of the recommendations on sexual dysfunctions in men. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 7, 3572-3588.

• Parada, M., Chamas, L., Censi, S., Coria-Avila, G., & Pfaus, J.G. (2010). Clitoral stimulation induces conditioned place preference and Fos activation in the rat.  Hormones and Behavior, 57, 112-118.

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2009

• Pfaus, J.G. (2009). What’s behind her smile? Hormones and Behavior, 55, 265-266.

• Pfaus, J.G. (2009). Aberrational blots or practice shots? The impact of “self-citation” Journal of Sexual Medicine, 6, 897-898.

• Pfaus, J.G. (2009). Pathways of sexual desire. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 6, 1506-1533.

• Pfaus, J.G., Tse, M., Werk, C., Chanda, M.-L., Leblonde, A., Harbour, V., & Chapman, C.A. (2009). Enhanced synaptic responses in the piriform cortex associated with sexual stimulation in the male rat. Neuroscience, 164, 1422-1430.

• Afonso, V.M., Lehmann, H., Tse, M., Woehrling, A., & Pfaus, J.G. (2009).  Estrogen and the neural mediation of female-male mounting in the rat.  Behavioral Neuroscience, 123, 369-381.

• Afonso, V.M., Mueller, D., Stewart, J., & Pfaus, J.G. (2009). Amphetamine-induced behavioral sensitization facilitates appetitive sexual behaviors in the female rat.  Psychopharmacology, 205, 35-43.

• Barbosa-Vargas, E., Pfaus, J.G., & Woodside, B. (2009). Estrogen stimulates sexual behavior in lactating rats: Effect of progesterone receptor.  Hormones and Behavior, 56, 246-253.

• Ismail, N., Girard-Bériault, F., Nakanishi, S., & Pfaus, J.G. (2009). Naloxone, but not flupenthixol, disrupts the development of conditioned ejaculatory preference in the male rat. Behavioral Neuroscience, 123, 992-999.

• Ismail, N., Gelez, H., Lachapelle, I., & Pfaus, J.G. (2009). Pacing conditions contribute to the development of a conditioned ejaculatory preference for a familiar female in the male rat.  Physiology & Behavior, 96, 201-208.

• Georgescu, M., Sabongui, A., Del Corpo, A., Marsan, L., & Pfaus, J.G.  (2009). Vaginocervical stimulation induces Fos in glutamate neurons in the ventromedial hypothalamus: Attenuation by estrogen and progesterone.  Hormones and Behavior, 56, 450-456.

• Korda, J.B., Pfaus, J.G., & Goldstein, I. (2009).  Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder: A case report in a woman with lifelong PGAD where serendipitous administration of varenicline tartrate resulted in symptomatic improvement.  Journal of Sexual Medicine, 6, 1479-1486.

• Korda, J.B., Pfaus, J.G., Kellner, C.H., & Goldstein, I. (2009). Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder (PGAD): Case report of symptomatic management with electroconvulsive therapy.  Journal of Sexual Medicine, 6, 2901-2909.

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2008

• Pfaus, J.G. (2008).  The vermin that help us.  Journal of Sexual Medicine, 5, 253-256

• Pfaus, J.G., Miquel, M., Pacheco, P, & Manzo J. (2008). Preferencias condicionadas por sexo y drogas: comparación de las bases neurales. Revista Neurología, 46, 213-218.

• Burgdorf, J., Kroes, R.A., Moskal, J.R., Pfaus, J.G., Brudzynski, S.M., & Panksepp, J. (2008). Ultrasonic vocalizations of rats (Rattus norvegicus) during mating, play, and aggression:  Behavioral concomitants, relationship to reward, and self-administration of playback.  Journal of Comparative Psychology,122,    357-367. Winner of the Frank A. Beach Award in Comparative Psychology, Division 6, American Psychological Association.

• Coria-Avila, G.A., Hernández, M.-E., Toledo, R., Garcia, L.I., Manzo, J., Pacheco, P., Miquel, M., & Pfaus, J.G. (2008).  Bases biológicas y neurales de las preferencias de pareja en roedores: Modelos para entender vínculos afectivos en humanos.  Revista de Neurologia, 47, 209-214.

• Coria-Avila, G.A., Solomon, C.E., Barbosa-Vargas, E., Lemme, I., Ryan, R., Ménard, S., Gavrila, A.S.,      Pfaus, J.G. (2008).  Neurochemical basis of conditioned partner preference in the female rat: 1. Disruption by naloxone.  Behavioral Neuroscience,122, 385-395.

• Coria-Avila, G.A., Gavrila. A.S., Boulard, B., Charron, N., Stanley, G., & Pfaus, J.G. (2008). Neurochemical basis of conditioned partner preference in the female rat: II. Disruption by flupenthixol. Behavioral Neuroscience, 122, 396-406.

• Coria-Avila, G.A., Pfaus, J.G., Miquel, M., Pacheco, P., & Manzo, J.  Preferencias condicionadas por sexo y drogas: Una comparación de las bases neurales. Revista de Neurologia, 46, 213-218.

• Ismail, N., Zhou, Y., & Pfaus, J.G. (2008). Context-dependent acquisition of copulatory behavior in the male rat: Role of female availability.  Behavioral Neuroscience,122, 991-997.

2007

• Pfaus, J.G., Giuliano, F., & Gelez, H. (2007) Bremelanotide: An overview of preclinical CNS effects on female sexual function.  Journal of Sexual Medicine, 4, 269-279.

• Coria-Avila, G.A. & Pfaus, J.G. (2007).  Neuronal activation by stimuli that predict sexual reward in female rats.  Neuroscience, 148, 623-632.

• Coria-Avila, G.A., Gavrila, A.M., Ménard, S., Ismail, N., & Pfaus, J.G. (2007). Cecum location in rats and the implications for intraperitoneal injections.  Lab Animal, 36, 25-30.

• Coria-Avila, G.A., Manzo, J., Pacheco, P., & Pfaus, J.G. (2007).  Scrotal enlargement and constipation in a male rat.  Lab Animal, 36, 17-19.

• Leri, F., Sorge, R.E., Cummins, E., Woehrling, D., Pfaus, J.G., & Stewart, J. (2007). High dose methadone maintenance in rats: Behavioral and neurochemical interactions with cocaine, and behavioral side effects. Neuropsychopharmacology, 32, 2290-2300.

2006

• Pfaus, J.G. (2006).  Dehydroepiandrosterone alleviates copulatory disorder induced by social stress in male rats Journal of Sexual Medicine, 3, 618.

• Pfaus, J.G. (2006). Of rats and women: Preclinical insights into the nature of female sexual desire. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 21, 463-476.

• Pfaus, J.G., Manitt, C., & Coopersmith, C.B. (2006). Effects of pelvic, pudendal, or hypogastric nerve cuts on Fos induction in the rat brain following vaginocervical stimulation.  Physiology & Behavior,89, 627- 636.

• Afonso, V.M. & Pfaus, J.G. (2006) Hormonal and experiential control of female-male mounting in the rat. Hormones and Behavior, 49, 30-37.

• Afonso, V.M., Woehrling, A., & Pfaus, J.G. (2006) Sensory mediation of female-male mounting in the rat: I. Role of olfactory cues.  Physiology & Behavior, 87, 857-862.

• Afonso, V.M., Bablekis, V., & Pfaus, J.G. (2006). Sensory mediation of female-male mounting in the rat:  II. Role of tactile and conspecific cues.  Physiology & Behavior, 87, 863-869.

• Coria-Avila, G.A., Ménard, S., Boulard, B., Ryan, R., Lemme, I., & Pfaus, J.G. (2006). Colonic obstruction due to severe vaginal distention.  Lab Animal, 35, 20-23.

• Coria-Avila, G.A., Gavrila, A.M., Jacubovich, M., Ménard, S., & Pfaus, J.G. (2006) Cachexia and sialorrhea in a female rat. Lab Animal, 35,18-20.

• Coria-Avila, G.A., Jones, S.L., Solomon, C.E., Jordan, G., Gavrila, A.M., & Pfaus, J.G. (2006). Conditioned partner preference in female rats for strain of male.  Physiology & Behavior, 88, 529-537.

• Georgescu, M. & Pfaus, J.G. (2006). Role of glutamate receptors in the ventromedial hypothalamus in the regulation of female rat sexual behaviors: I. Behavioral effects of glutamate and its selective receptor agonists AMPA, NMDA and kainate. Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Behavior, 83,322-332.

• Georgescu, M. & Pfaus, J.G. (2006). Role of glutamate receptors in the ventromedial hypothalamus in the regulation of female rat sexual behaviors: II. Behavioral effects of selective glutamate receptor antagonists AP-5, CNQX, and DNQX.  Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Behavior, 83, 333-341.

• Rössler, A.-S., Pfaus, J.G., Kia, H.K., Bernabé, J., Alexandre, L., & Giuliano, F. (2006). The melanocortin agonist Melanotan II enhances proceptive sexual behaviors in the female rat.  Pharmacology,    Biochemistry & Behavior, 85, 514-521.

• Toledano, R.R. & Pfaus, J.G. (2006). The Sexual Arousal and Desire Inventory (SADI): A multidimensional scale to assess subjective sexual arousal and desire. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 3, 853-877.