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Identification of variables contributing to superovulation efficiency for production of transgenic prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, 2012
Background The prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster) is an emerging animal model for biomedical research because of its rich sociobehavioral repertoire.
Keebaugh Alaine C, Modi Meera E, Barrett Catherine E, Jin Chengliu, Young Larry J   +4 more
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Simulated drought influences reproduction in male prairie voles

Physiology & Behavior, 1989
The environmental factors that arrest breeding in prairie voles during the middle of the breeding season are unknown. The role of water availability on reproductive function was examined by limiting water intake to 50% of ad lib water consumption for 10 weeks.
R J, Nelson, D, Frank, S A, Bennett, C S, Carter   +3 more
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Mapping the cellular basis of species differences in oxytocin and dopamine receptor expression in the vole nucleus accumbens

Scientific Reports
Oxytocin (Oxtr) and dopamine (Drd1, Drd2) receptors provide a canonical example for how differences in neuromodulatory receptors drive individual and species-level behavioral variation. These systems exhibit striking and functionally relevant differences
Meredith K. Loth, Julia C. Schmidt, Cassandra A. Gonzalez, Liza E. Brusman, Julie M. Sadino, Kelly E. Winther, David S. W. Protter, Zoe R. Donaldson   +7 more
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Identification of subpopulations of prairie voles differentially susceptible to peer influence to decrease high alcohol intake

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2013
Peer influences are critical in the decrease of alcohol (ethanol) abuse and maintenance of abstinence. We previously developed an animal model of inhibitory peer influences on ethanol drinking using prairie voles and here sought to understand whether ...
Allison M.J. Anacker, Andrey E Ryabinin
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Beyond happiness: Building a science of discrete positive emotions. [PDF]

, 2017
While trait positive emotionality and state positive-valence affect have long been the subject of intense study, the importance of differentiating among several "discrete" positive emotions has only recently begun to receive serious attention.
Campos, Belinda, Hertenstein, Matthew J, Keltner, Dacher, Oveis, Christopher, Shiota, Michelle N, Simon-Thomas, Emiliana   +5 more
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A Reanalysis of the Occurrence, Size and Composition of Communal Groups of Prairie Voles (Microtus ochrogaster) [PDF]

, 2016
In our previous analyses of occurrence, size, and composition of communal groups of prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster), we treated population density as a categorical variable ( 100/h) and used spring through early autumn and late autumn through winter
McGuire, B
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Temporal and spatial dynamics of willow grouse Lagopus lagopus [PDF]

, 2005
This study is a first attempt to analyze large-scale willow grouse (Lagopus lagopus) population dynamics. In this thesis I studied the population dynamics of willow grouse in the Swedish mountain range. I estimated the scale of synchrony in both breeding
Hörnell-Willebrand, Maria
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Estrogen receptor-alpha in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis regulates social affiliation in male prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster).

PLoS ONE, 2010
Estrogen receptor alpha (ERalpha) typically masculinizes male behavior, while low levels of ERalpha in the medial amygdala (MeA) and the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BST) are associated with high levels of male prosocial behavior. In the males of
Kelly Lei, Bruce S Cushing, Sergei Musatov, Sonoko Ogawa, Kristin M Kramer   +4 more
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Homo Sapiens: Are We a Monogamous Species? [PDF]

, 2003
In order for the process of hominization to continue, with its prolonged and extreme period of juvenile defencelessness, it was necessary, or at least convenient, for males to more actively participate in the care of females and offspring. This necessity,
Herrero, Luis Santiago Lario, Lario Ladrón, Santiago   +1 more
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Dopamine and opioid systems interact within the nucleus accumbens to maintain monogamous pair bonds

eLife, 2016
Prairie vole breeder pairs form monogamous pair bonds, which are maintained through the expression of selective aggression toward novel conspecifics.
Shanna L Resendez, Piper C Keyes, Jeremy J Day, Caely Hambro, Curtis J Austin, Francis K Maina, Lori N Eidson, Kirsten A Porter-Stransky, Natalie Nevárez, J William McLean, Morgan A Kuhnmuench, Anne Z Murphy, Tiffany A Mathews, Brandon J Aragona   +13 more
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