PUBLICATIONS

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1. ​Freiler, M.K., Halstead, L.N., Bee, M.A., and Baugh, A.T. (2026) Experimentally induced sexual behavior in male gray treefrogs activates the HPG but not the HPI axis. Hormones and Behavior 177: 105864.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2025.105864. 

2. Freiler, M.K. and Smith, G.T. (2025) Sociality does not predict signal complexity in response to playback in apteronotid weakly electric fishes. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 79(7): 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-025-03619-y. 

3. Freiler, M.K., Deckard, M.L., Proffitt, M.R., and Smith, G.T. (2024) Differential expression of steroid-related genes across electrosensory brain regions in two sexually dimorphic species of electric knifefish. General and Comparative Endocrinology 355: 114549. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2024.114549. 

4. Freiler, M.K. and Smith, G.T. (2023) Neuroendocrine mechanisms contributing to the coevolution of sociality and communication. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology 70: 101077. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yfrne.2023.101077.

5. Freiler, M.K., Proffitt, M.R., and Smith, G.T. (2022) Electrocommunication signals and aggressive behavior vary among male morphs in an apteronotid fish, Compsaraia samueli. Journal of Experimental Biology 225 (12): jeb243452. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.243452.​

6. Sukhum, K.V., Freiler, M.K., and Carlson, B.A. (2019) Intraspecific energetic trade-offs and costs of encephalization vary from interspecific relationships in three species of mormyrid electric fishes. Brain, Behavior, and Evolution Brain Behavior and Evolution 93(4): 196-205. https://doi.org/10.1159/000501233.

7. Sukhum, K.V., Freiler, M.K., Wang, R., and Carlson, B.A. (2016) The costs of a big brain: Extreme encephalization results in higher energetic demand and reduced hypoxia tolerance in weakly electric African fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 283: 20162157. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.2157.