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Zoe Rebecca Donaldson

TitleAssociate Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Boulder
DepartmentPsych-Psychology
Phone303/735-8879
    Other Positions
    TitleAssociate Professor
    InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Boulder
    DepartmentBiology-MCD Instruction


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    U01NS131406     (KOZOROVITSKIY, YEVGENIA)Sep 1, 2023 - Aug 31, 2026
    NIH
    Dynamic entanglements: the functional role and mechanistic basis of inter-individual neural synchrony
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    R01MH125423     (DONALDSON, ZOE REBECCA)Feb 7, 2022 - Nov 30, 2026
    NIH
    The neuromolecular basis of adaptation to bond loss
    Role: Principal Investigator
    U01NS122124     (GOLSHANI, PEYMAN)Apr 15, 2021 - Mar 31, 2024
    NIH
    Hippocampal neural dynamics driving affiliation and attachment
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    DP2MH119427     (DONALDSON, ZOE REBECCA)Sep 1, 2018 - May 31, 2023
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    Neuronal basis of social motivation and the failure to adapt to loss
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R00MH102352     (DONALDSON, ZOE REBECCA)Jul 1, 2014 - Aug 31, 2019
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    Variation in serotonin 1a receptor expression as a source of depression risk
    Role: Principal Investigator
    K99MH102352     (DONALDSON, ZOE REBECCA)Jul 1, 2014 - Jun 30, 2016
    NIH
    Variation in serotonin 1a receptor expression as a source of depression risk
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Pierce AF, Protter DSW, Watanabe YL, Chapel GD, Cameron RT, Donaldson ZR. Nucleus accumbens dopamine release reflects the selective nature of pair bonds. Curr Biol. 2024 Feb 05; 34(3):519-530.e5. PMID: 38218185.
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    2. Donaldson ZR, Shear MK. Neurobiology and treatment advances for prolonged grief disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2024 Jan; 49(1):309-310. PMID: 37479860.
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    3. Murphy KZ, Haile ED, McTigue AD, Pierce AF, Donaldson ZR. PhAT: A Flexible Open-Source GUI-Driven Toolkit for Photometry Analysis. Curr Protoc. 2023 May; 3(5):e763. PMID: 37184156.
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    4. Murphy KZ, Haile E, McTigue A, Pierce AF, Donaldson ZR. PhAT: A flexible open-source GUI-driven toolkit for photometry analysis. bioRxiv. 2023 Mar 14. PMID: 36993180.
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    5. Sadino JM, Bradeen XG, Kelly CJ, Brusman LE, Walker DM, Donaldson ZR. Prolonged partner separation erodes nucleus accumbens transcriptional signatures of pair bonding in male prairie voles. Elife. 2023 02 28; 12. PMID: 36852906.
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    6. Hiura LC, Donaldson ZR. Prairie vole pair bonding and plasticity of the social brain. Trends Neurosci. 2023 04; 46(4):260-262. PMID: 36369029.
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    7. Yang Y, Wu M, V?zquez-Guardado A, Wegener AJ, Grajales-Reyes JG, Deng Y, Wang T, Avila R, Moreno JA, Minkowicz S, Dumrongprechachan V, Lee J, Zhang S, Legaria AA, Ma Y, Mehta S, Franklin D, Hartman L, Bai W, Han M, Zhao H, Lu W, Yu Y, Sheng X, Banks A, Yu X, Donaldson ZR, Gereau RW, Good CH, Xie Z, Huang Y, Kozorovitskiy Y, Rogers JA. Author Correction: Wireless multilateral devices for optogenetic studies of individual and social behaviors. Nat Neurosci. 2022 Oct; 25(10):1394. PMID: 36071281.
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    8. Vahaba DM, Halstead ER, Donaldson ZR, Ahern TH, Beery AK. Sex differences in the reward value of familiar mates in prairie voles. Genes Brain Behav. 2022 03; 21(3):e12790. PMID: 35044087.
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    9. Brusman LE, Protter DSW, Fultz AC, Paulson MU, Chapel GD, Elges IO, Cameron RT, Beery AK, Donaldson ZR. Emergent intra-pair sex differences and organized behavior in pair bonded prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster). Genes Brain Behav. 2022 03; 21(3):e12786. PMID: 35044090.
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    10. Yang Y, Wu M, V?zquez-Guardado A, Wegener AJ, Grajales-Reyes JG, Deng Y, Wang T, Avila R, Moreno JA, Minkowicz S, Dumrongprechachan V, Lee J, Zhang S, Legaria AA, Ma Y, Mehta S, Franklin D, Hartman L, Bai W, Han M, Zhao H, Lu W, Yu Y, Sheng X, Banks A, Yu X, Donaldson ZR, Gereau RW, Good CH, Xie Z, Huang Y, Kozorovitskiy Y, Rogers JA. Wireless multilateral devices for optogenetic studies of individual and social behaviors. Nat Neurosci. 2021 07; 24(7):1035-1045. PMID: 33972800.
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    11. Loth MK, Donaldson ZR. Oxytocin, Dopamine, and Opioid Interactions Underlying Pair Bonding: Highlighting a Potential Role for Microglia. Endocrinology. 2021 02 01; 162(2). PMID: 33367612.
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    12. Donaldson ZR, Manoli DS. Blueprints for Bonding? New Genetic Tools to Parse the Neural Basis of Pair Bonding in Prairie Voles. Neuroscience. 2020 11 10; 448:311. PMID: 33092783.
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    13. Harbert KJ, Pellegrini M, Gordon KM, Donaldson ZR. How prior pair-bonding experience affects future bonding behavior in monogamous prairie voles. Horm Behav. 2020 11; 126:104847. PMID: 32910950.
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    14. Scribner JL, Vance EA, Protter DSW, Sheeran WM, Saslow E, Cameron RT, Klein EM, Jimenez JC, Kheirbek MA, Donaldson ZR. A neuronal signature for monogamous reunion. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 05 19; 117(20):11076-11084. PMID: 32381740.
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    15. Gutzeit VA, Ahuna K, Santos TL, Cunningham AM, Sadsad Rooney M, Mu?oz Zamora A, Denny CA, Donaldson ZR. Optogenetic reactivation of prefrontal social neural ensembles mimics social buffering of fear. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2020 05; 45(6):1068-1077. PMID: 32035426.
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    16. Cunningham AM, Santos TL, Gutzeit VA, Hamilton H, Hen R, Donaldson ZR. Functional Interrogation of a Depression-Related Serotonergic Single Nucleotide Polymorphism, rs6295, Using a Humanized Mouse Model. ACS Chem Neurosci. 2019 07 17; 10(7):3197-3206. PMID: 30694044.
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    17. Branford S, Wang P, Yeung DT, Thomson D, Purins A, Wadham C, Shahrin NH, Marum JE, Nataren N, Parker WT, Geoghegan J, Feng J, Shanmuganathan N, Mueller MC, Dietz C, Stangl D, Donaldson Z, Altamura H, Georgievski J, Braley J, Brown A, Hahn C, Walker I, Kim SH, Choi SY, Park SH, Kim DW, White DL, Yong ASM, Ross DM, Scott HS, Schreiber AW, Hughes TP. Integrative genomic analysis reveals cancer-associated mutations at diagnosis of CML in patients with high-risk disease. Blood. 2018 08 30; 132(9):948-961. PMID: 29967129.
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    18. Philippe TJ, Vahid-Ansari F, Donaldson ZR, Le Fran?ois B, Zahrai A, Turcotte-Cardin V, Daigle M, James J, Hen R, Merali Z, Albert PR. Loss of MeCP2 in adult 5-HT neurons induces 5-HT1A autoreceptors, with opposite sex-dependent anxiety and depression phenotypes. Sci Rep. 2018 04 10; 8(1):5788. PMID: 29636529.
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    19. Sadino JM, Donaldson ZR. Prairie Voles as a Model for Understanding the Genetic and Epigenetic Regulation of Attachment Behaviors. ACS Chem Neurosci. 2018 08 15; 9(8):1939-1950. PMID: 29513516.
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    20. Bengston SE, Dahan RA, Donaldson Z, Phelps SM, van Oers K, Sih A, Bell AM. Genomic tools for behavioural ecologists to understand repeatable individual differences in behaviour. Nat Ecol Evol. 2018 06; 2(6):944-955. PMID: 29434349.
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    21. Perusini JN, Cajigas SA, Cohensedgh O, Lim SC, Pavlova IP, Donaldson ZR, Denny CA. Optogenetic stimulation of dentate gyrus engrams restores memory in Alzheimer's disease mice. Hippocampus. 2017 10; 27(10):1110-1122. PMID: 28667669.
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    22. Gould TD, Georgiou P, Brenner LA, Brundin L, Can A, Courtet P, Donaldson ZR, Dwivedi Y, Guillaume S, Gottesman II, Kanekar S, Lowry CA, Renshaw PF, Rujescu D, Smith EG, Turecki G, Zanos P, Zarate CA, Zunszain PA, Postolache TT. Animal models to improve our understanding and treatment of suicidal behavior. Transl Psychiatry. 2017 04 11; 7(4):e1092. PMID: 28398339.
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    23. Donaldson ZR, le Francois B, Santos TL, Almli LM, Boldrini M, Champagne FA, Arango V, Mann JJ, Stockmeier CA, Galfalvy H, Albert PR, Ressler KJ, Hen R. The functional serotonin 1a receptor promoter polymorphism, rs6295, is associated with psychiatric illness and differences in transcription. Transl Psychiatry. 2016 Mar 01; 6:e746. PMID: 26926882.
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    24. Samuels BA, Anacker C, Hu A, Levinstein MR, Pickenhagen A, Tsetsenis T, Madro?al N, Donaldson ZR, Drew LJ, Dranovsky A, Gross CT, Tanaka KF, Hen R. 5-HT1A receptors on mature dentate gyrus granule cells are critical for the antidepressant response. Nat Neurosci. 2015 Nov; 18(11):1606-16. PMID: 26389840.
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    25. Fusani L, Donaldson Z, London SE, Fuxjager MJ, Schlinger BA. Expression of androgen receptor in the brain of a sub-oscine bird with an elaborate courtship display. Neurosci Lett. 2014 Aug 22; 578:61-5. PMID: 24954076.
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    26. Branford S, Yeung DT, Parker WT, Roberts ND, Purins L, Braley JA, Altamura HK, Yeoman AL, Georgievski J, Jamison BA, Phillis S, Donaldson Z, Leong M, Fletcher L, Seymour JF, Grigg AP, Ross DM, Hughes TP. Prognosis for patients with CML and >10% BCR-ABL1 after 3 months of imatinib depends on the rate of BCR-ABL1 decline. Blood. 2014 Jul 24; 124(4):511-8. PMID: 24859364.
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    27. Donaldson ZR, Hen R. From psychiatric disorders to animal models: a bidirectional and dimensional approach. Biol Psychiatry. 2015 Jan 01; 77(1):15-21. PMID: 24650688.
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    28. Donaldson ZR, Young LJ. The relative contribution of proximal 5' flanking sequence and microsatellite variation on brain vasopressin 1a receptor (Avpr1a) gene expression and behavior. PLoS Genet. 2013 Aug; 9(8):e1003729. PMID: 24009523.
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    29. Donaldson ZR, Piel DA, Santos TL, Richardson-Jones J, Leonardo ED, Beck SG, Champagne FA, Hen R. Developmental effects of serotonin 1A autoreceptors on anxiety and social behavior. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2014 Jan; 39(2):291-302. PMID: 23907404.
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    30. Hansen HB, Donaldson Z, Link BG, Bearman PS, Hopper K, Bates LM, Cheslack-Postava K, Harper K, Holmes SM, Lovasi G, Springer KW, Teitler JO. Independent review of social and population variation in mental health could improve diagnosis in DSM revisions. Health Aff (Millwood). 2013 May; 32(5):984-93. PMID: 23614899.
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    31. Donaldson ZR, Nautiyal KM, Ahmari SE, Hen R. Genetic approaches for understanding the role of serotonin receptors in mood and behavior. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2013 Jun; 23(3):399-406. PMID: 23385115.
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    32. Hopkins WD, Donaldson ZR, Young LJ. A polymorphic indel containing the RS3 microsatellite in the 5' flanking region of the vasopressin V1a receptor gene is associated with chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) personality. Genes Brain Behav. 2012 Jul; 11(5):552-8. PMID: 22520444.
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    33. Donaldson ZR. We're the Same... but Different: Addressing Academic Divides in the Study of Brain and Behavior. Front Behav Neurosci. 2010; 4. PMID: 20700499.
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    34. Donaldson ZR, Spiegel L, Young LJ. Central vasopressin V1a receptor activation is independently necessary for both partner preference formation and expression in socially monogamous male prairie voles. Behav Neurosci. 2010 Feb; 124(1):159-163. PMID: 20141291.
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    35. Donaldson ZR, Yang SH, Chan AW, Young LJ. Production of germline transgenic prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) using lentiviral vectors. Biol Reprod. 2009 Dec; 81(6):1189-95. PMID: 19641177.
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    36. Donaldson ZR, Young LJ. Oxytocin, vasopressin, and the neurogenetics of sociality. Science. 2008 Nov 07; 322(5903):900-4. PMID: 18988842.
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    37. Donaldson ZR, Kondrashov FA, Putnam A, Bai Y, Stoinski TL, Hammock EA, Young LJ. Evolution of a behavior-linked microsatellite-containing element in the 5' flanking region of the primate AVPR1A gene. BMC Evol Biol. 2008 Jun 23; 8:180. PMID: 18573213.
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    38. Bourd?lat-Parks BN, Anderson GM, Donaldson ZR, Weiss JM, Bonsall RW, Emery MS, Liles LC, Weinshenker D. Effects of dopamine beta-hydroxylase genotype and disulfiram inhibition on catecholamine homeostasis in mice. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2005 Nov; 183(1):72-80. PMID: 16163519.
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    39. Tillman JA, Lu F, Goddard LM, Donaldson ZR, Dwinell SC, Tittiger C, Hall GM, Storer AJ, Blomquist GJ, Seybold SJ. Juvenile hormone regulates de novo isoprenoid aggregation pheromone biosynthesis in pine bark beetles, Ips spp., through transcriptional control of HMG-CoA reductase. J Chem Ecol. 2004 Dec; 30(12):2459-94. PMID: 15724966.
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