Faculty

Research Interests

Professor Goodson’s research is focused on social behavior networks in the brain - their connections, neurochemical architecture, behavioral functions and modulation by neuropeptides. Findings suggest that the fundamental structures of social behavior networks are similar across vertebrate groups, but that different patterns of activity within these circuits can produce large differences in social behavior, including sex differences and species-typical patterns of sociality.

Selected Publications

Goodson, J. L., and Bass, A. H. (2000). Forebrain peptides modulate sexually polymorphic vocal circuitry. Nature 403(6771), 769-72.

Goodson, J. L., and Bass, A. H. (2001). Social behavior functions and related anatomical characteristics of vasotocin/vasopressin systems in vertebrates. Brain Research Reviews 35, 246-265.

Goodson, J. L., and Bass, A. H. (2002). Vocal-acoustic circuitry and descending vocal pathways in teleost fish: Convergence with terrestrial vertebrates reveals conserved traits. Journal of Comparative Neurology 448, 298-322.