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Pair-bonding on the brain

Communications Biology
As a monogamous species, the prairie vole is a common model for social neuroscience. Gustison and colleagues mapped a whole-brain histological atlas of the prairie vole and used this atlas to identify a neural network of pair-bonding behaviour. The study
Lindsey T. Thurston
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A Brain‐Wide Atlas of Astrocytic Oxytocin Receptors Reveals a Glial Basis for Nucleus Accumbens Modulation of Affiliative Behavior

Advanced Science, Volume 13, Issue 46, 17 August 2026.
The cellular actors of oxytocin signaling are under intense scrutiny. A brain‐wide anatomical and functional analysis in mice and rats reveals widespread expression of oxytocin receptors in astrocytes. These receptors are functionally active and, in the nucleus accumbens, selectively regulate male social affiliation.
Clémence Denis, Stefan Stojilkovic, Kai‐Yi Wang, Cristina Márquez, Annabel C. Kleinwächter, Angel Baudon, Yuval Podpecan, Aurélia Ces, Mélanie Kremer, Isabelle Arnoux, Nathalie Rouach, Jemima Helen, Sophie Trender, Andreas Wallkum, Selina Wunsch, Franziska Schommer, Moritz C. Wimmer, Tim Schubert, Felix Franke, Jabir Aliyu Muhammad, Eva M. Eisemann, Ingrid Camila Possa‐Paranhos, Cassandra Baumann, Pierre‐Alexis Derrien, Quirin Krabichler, Cosmo Garcia, Henning Fröhlich, Matthew K. Kirchner, Valery Grinevich, Pascal Darbon, Javier E. Stern, Ferdinand Althammer, Alexandre Charlet   +32 more
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Diet of bird‐like troodontid dinosaurs: synthesis of a contentious clade

Biological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 4, Page 1760-1778, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Troodontidae is a clade of small‐to medium‐sized maniraptoran theropods that mainly lived in Laurasia (modern Asia, North America and Europe) during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are believed to have had a variety of diets. The uniqueness of troodontid teeth suggests that they diverged from the typical flesh‐based diet of non‐avian ...
Yui Chi Fan, Case Vincent Miller, Michael Pittman   +2 more
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Selectivity and Sociality: Aggression and Affiliation Shape Vole Social Relationships

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2022
The formation of selective social relationships is not a requirement of group living; sociality can be supported by motivation for social interaction in the absence of preferences for specific individuals, and by tolerance in place of social motivation ...
Nicole S. Lee, Annaliese K. Beery
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Maternal glucocorticoids have persistent effects on offspring social phenotype irrespective of opportunity for social buffering

Journal of Animal Ecology, Volume 95, Issue 8, Page 1326-1338, August 2026.
This study tests whether early‐life maternal association buffers offspring from the effects of prenatal stress in a facultatively social lizard. Despite clear effects of maternal glucocorticoids on growth and social behaviour, social associations did not mitigate these effects, revealing limits to social buffering in this species.
Kirsty J. MacLeod, Alix Bouffet‐Halle, Erik Wapstra, Tobias Uller, Geoffrey M. While   +4 more
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Post-weaning Social Isolation in Male and Female Prairie Voles: Impacts on Central and Peripheral Immune System

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2022
The socially monogamous prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster) offers a unique opportunity to examine the impacts of adolescent social isolation on the brain, immune system, and behavior.
Meghan L. Donovan, Meghan L. Donovan, Meghan L. Donovan, Eileen K. Chun, Yan Liu, Zuoxin Wang   +5 more
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Nutrient Enrichment Increases Grassland Biomass Sensitivity to Interannual Precipitation Variation

Global Change Biology, Volume 32, Issue 8, August 2026.
We used data from 35 grasslands in the Nutrient Network (NutNet) to test if NPK addition alters how plant biomass responds to year‐to‐year variation in precipitation. We found that nutrient addition increased average biomass, rain‐use efficiency, and the sensitivity of biomass to interannual variation in precipitation, but did not change the strength ...
Ingrid J. Slette, Eric W. Seabloom, Carlos Alberto Arnillas, Jonathan D. Bakker, Dana Blumenthal, Jane A. Catford, Scott L. Collins, Nico Eisenhauer, Philip A. Fay, Magda Garbowski, Sylvia Haider, W. Stanley Harpole, Kevin P. Kirkman, Johannes M. H. Knops, Kimberly J. Komatsu, Andrew D. B. Leakey, Andrew S. MacDougall, Jason P. Martina, Sally A. Power, Anita C. Risch, Christiane Roscher, Melinda D. Smith, Michelle Tedder, Elizabeth T. Borer   +23 more
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The Neurobiology of Love and Pair Bonding from Human and Animal Perspectives

Biology, 2023
Love is a powerful emotional experience that is rooted in ancient neurobiological processes shared with other species that pair bond. Considerable insights have been gained into the neural mechanisms driving the evolutionary antecedents of love by ...
Sarah A. Blumenthal, Larry J. Young
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Hierarchical Habitat Selection by Coyotes: Scale‐Dependent Responses to Land Cover, Prey and Harvest

Journal of Biogeography, Volume 53, Issue 8, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim Across much of the globe, landscape modification and the reduction of large carnivores have facilitated the expansion and growth of mesocarnivore populations. An understanding of the factors shaping the distribution and activity of mesocarnivores in highly modified systems lacking large carnivores can help ecologists predict the potential ...
Nathan J. Proudman, Austin M. Green, Andrew T. L. Allan, Erik J. Torres‐Romero, Maximilian L. Allen   +4 more
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Oxytocin receptor is not required for social attachment in prairie voles

Neuron, 2023
Prairie voles are among a small group of mammals that display long-term social attachment between mating partners. Many pharmacological studies show that signaling via the oxytocin receptor (Oxtr) is critical for the display of social monogamy in these animals.
Kristen M. Berendzen, Ruchira Sharma, Maricruz Alvarado Mandujano, Yichao Wei, Forrest D. Rogers, Trenton C. Simmons, Adele M.H. Seelke, Jessica M. Bond, Rose Larios, Nastacia L. Goodwin, Michael Sherman, Srinivas Parthasarthy, Isidero Espineda, Joseph R. Knoedler, Annaliese Beery, Karen L. Bales, Nirao M. Shah, Devanand S. Manoli   +17 more
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