Brett Culbert

2024

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26) Best C, Culbert BM, Bernier NJ (2024). The hypothalamic-pituitary-interrenal axis and corticosteroids. Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology, 2nd Edition, 1: 217-232.

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25) Culbert BM, Ligocki IY, Salena MG, Wong MYL, Hamilton IM, Bernier NJ & Balshine S (2024). Social regulation of arginine vasopressin and oxytocin systems in a wild group-living fish. Hormones and Behavior, 105521. 

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2023

 

24) Culbert BM, Border SE, Fialkowski RJ, Bolitho I & Dijkstra PD (2023). Social status influences relationships between hormones and oxidative stress in a cichlid fish. Hormones and Behavior, 152: 105365. 

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23) Culbert BM, Barnett JB, Ligocki IY, Salena MG, Wong MYL, Hamilton IM & Balshine S (2023). Colourful facial markings are associated with foraging rates and affiliative relationships in a wild group-living cichlid fish. Current Zoology, zoac100.

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22) Best C, Jennings K*, Culbert BM, Flear K, Volkoff H & Gilmour KM (2023). Too stressed to eat: Investigating factors associated with appetite loss in subordinate rainbow trout. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 559C: 111798.

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2022

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21) Culbert BM, Ligocki IY, Salena MG, Wong MYL, Hamilton IM, Bernier NJ & Balshine S (2022). Galanin expression varies with parental care and social status in a wild cooperatively breeding fish. Hormones and Behavior, 146: 105275.

 

20) Mennigen JA, Magnan J, Touma K, Best C, Culbert BM, Bernier NJ & Gilmour KM (2022). Social status-dependent regulation and function of the somatotropic axis in juvenile rainbow trout. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 554: 111709.

 

19) Culbert BM, Regish AM, Hall DJ, McCormick SD & Bernier NJ (2022). Neuroendocrine regulation of plasma cortisol levels during smoltification and seawater exposure of Atlantic salmon. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 13: 859817.

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18) Culbert BM, Dijkstra PD, Gilmour KM & Balshine S (2022). Antioxidant capacity differs across social ranks and with ascension in males of a group-living fish. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A, 265: 111126.

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2021

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17) Culbert BM, Ligocki IY, Salena MG, Wong MYL, Hamilton IM, Aubin-Horth N, Bernier NJ & Balshine S (2021). Rank- and sex-specific differences in the neuroendocrine regulation of glucocorticoids in a wild group-living fish. Hormones and Behavior, 136: 105079.

 

16) Culbert BM, Tsui N* & Balshine S (2021). Learning performance is associated with social preferences in a group-living fish. Behavioural Processes, 191: 104464.

 

15) Culbert BM, Ligocki IY, Salena MG, Wong MYL, Bernier NJ, Hamilton IM & Balshine S (2021). Glucocorticoids do not promote prosociality in a wild group-living fish. Hormones and Behavior, 127: 104879.

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14) Reuland C, Culbert BM, Fernlund Isaksson E, Kahrl AF, Devigili A & Fitzpatrick JL (2021). Male-male behavioural interactions drive social-dominance-mediated differences in ejaculate traits. Behavioral Ecology, 32 (1): 168-177. 

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Media coverage by ETHOlogisch (German Online Magazine)

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2020

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13) Culbert BM, Talagala S*, Barnett JB, Stanbrook E, Smale P* & Balshine S (2020). Context-dependent consequences of colour biases in a social fish. Behavioral Ecology, 31 (6): 1410-1419.

 

12) Stanbrook E, Jodoin J*, Culbert BM, Schultz S & Balshine S (2020). Learning performance is influenced by the social environment in cichlid fishes. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 74 (3): 215-227.

 

11) Anderson HM, Little AG, Fisher DN, McEwen BL, Culbert BM, Balshine S & Pruitt JN (2020). Behavioral and physiological evidence that increasing group size ameliorates the impacts of social disturbance. Journal of Experimental Biology, 223: jeb217075

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10) Reuland C, Culbert BM, Devigili A, Kahrl AF & Fitzpatrick JL (2020). Contrasting female mate preferences for red coloration in a fish. Current Zoology, 66: 425-433.

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2019

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9) McLean AR, Du SNN, Choi JA, Culbert BM, McCallum ES, Scott GR & Balshine S (2019). Proximity to wastewater effluent alters behaviour in bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus). Behaviour, 156: 1495–1517.

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8) Culbert BM, Gilmour KM & Balshine S (2019). Social buffering of stress in a group-living fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 286: 20191626.

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Press Releases from McMaster University & University of Ottawa; Media coverage by CityNews Ottawa

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7) Culbert BM & Balshine S (2019). Visual threat signals influence social interactions in a cooperatively breeding fish. Animal Behaviour, 151: 177-184. 

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Media coverage by The Cichlid Stage (Blog for Cichlid Enthusiasts)

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6) Culbert BM, Balshine S & Gilmour KM (2019). Physiological regulation of growth during social ascension in a group-living fish. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 92: 211-222.

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2018

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5) Culbert BM, Gilmour KM & Balshine S (2018). Stress axis regulation during social ascension in a group-living cichlid fish. Hormones and Behavior, 103: 121–128. 

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Discussed in Article for Society of Experimental Biology Magazine

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4) Kostyniuk DJ, Culbert BM, Mennigen JA & Gilmour KM (2018). Social status affects lipid metabolism in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 315: R241–R255. 

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3) Santos-Santos JH, Culbert BM & Standen EM (2018). Kinematic performance and muscle activation patterns during post-freeze locomotion in the Wood Frog (Rana sylvatica). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 96: 728–738.

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2016

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2) Culbert BM & Gilmour KM (2016). Rapid recovery of the cortisol response following social subordination in rainbow trout. Physiology & Behavior, 164: 306–313. 

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1) Culbert BM & Forrest JRK (2016). Floral symmetry affects bumblebee approach consistency in artificial flowers. Journal of Pollination Ecology, 18: 1-6. 

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Theses

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Culbert BM (2018). Physiology of social ascension in a group-living fish. McMaster University (MSc)

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