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Dayshalis Ofray

New York State Psychiatric Institute

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Assay:behavioral assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1

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Behavioral Opportunism and Altered Dopamine Dynamics in Mice Exposed to Early Life Adversity

Meghan E. Gallo, Arif Hamid, Alana Jaskir, Tracy Pan, Dayshalis Ofray, Camila Demaestri, Jocelyn Breton, Alexander I. More, Michael J. Frank, Christopher I. Moore, Kevin G. Bath

This study investigates how early life adversity in mice affects reward processing and behavior, finding altered dopamine dynamics and behavioral opportunism.

bioRxiv · Dec 8, 2025 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition

Early life adversity reduces affiliative behavior towards a distressed cagemate and leads to sex-specific alterations in corticosterone responses

Jocelyn Breton, Zoey Cort, Camila Demaestri, Madalyn Critz, Samuel Nevins, Kendall Downend, Dayshalis Ofray, Russell D. Romeo, Kevin G. Bath

This study shows that early life adversity affects stress responses and social behavior in mice, with sex-specific changes in corticosterone levels and social interactions following stress.

Hormones and Behavior · Dec 7, 2023Peer-reviewedNeuroscience