Vocal recognition of partners by female prairie voles [PDF]
iScienceSummary: Recognizing conspecifics is vital for differentiating mates, offspring, and social threats. Individual recognition is often reliant upon chemical or visual cues but can also be facilitated by vocal signatures in some species.
Megan R. Warren +3 more
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Transcriptional diversity of the oxytocin receptor in prairie voles: mechanistic implications for behavioral neuroscience and maternal physiology [PDF]
Frontiers in Genetics, 2023 The neurohormone oxytocin regulates many aspects of physiology primarily by binding to its receptor, the oxytocin receptor. The oxytocin receptor gene (Oxtr) has been shown to have alternative transcripts in the mouse brain which may each have different ...
Joshua S. Danoff +11 more
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Early-life sleep disruption impairs subtle social behaviours in prairie voles: a pose-estimation study [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2023 Early-life sleep disruption (ELSD) has been shown to have long-lasting effects on social behaviour in adult prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster), including impaired expression of pair bonding during partner preference testing.
Lezio S. Bueno-Junior +5 more
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Microbiome and Metabolome Variation as Indicator of Social Stress in Female Prairie Voles [PDF]
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 Social isolation is detrimental to the health of social mammals inducing neurochemical and hormonal changes related to depression and anxiety, as well as impairments of cardiovascular and immune functioning.
Daniel A Nuccio +2 more
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Limbic oxytocin receptor expression alters molecular signaling and social avoidance behavior in female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) [PDF]
Frontiers in NeuroscienceIntroductionThe social defeat paradigm is the most representative animal model to study social anxiety disorder (SAD) and its underlying neuronal mechanisms.
Lina K. Nerio-Morales +5 more
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Transcriptomic analysis of paternal behaviors in prairie voles [PDF]
BMC Genomics, 2022 Background The importance of fathers’ engagement in care and its critical role in the offspring’s cognitive and emotional development is now well established.
Florian Duclot +4 more
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Corticotropin-releasing factor and GABA in the ventral tegmental area modulate partner preference formation in male and female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) [PDF]
Frontiers in NeuroscienceIntroductionThe mesolimbic reward system is associated with the promotion and rewarding benefits of social relationships. In the socially monogamous prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster), the establishment of a pair bond can be displayed by a robust ...
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Neuroanatomical and functional consequences of oxytocin treatment at birth in prairie voles. [PDF]
Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2023 Birth is a critical period for the developing brain, a time when surging hormone levels help prepare the fetal brain for the tremendous physiological changes it must accomplish upon entry into the „extrauterine world’.
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Neurobiology of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms, 2023 In mammals, sleep duration is highest in the early postnatal period of life and is critical for shaping neural circuits that control the development of complex behaviors.
Carolyn E. Jones-Tinsley +9 more
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Partner-seeking and limbic dopamine system are enhanced following social loss in male prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster). [PDF]
Genes Brain Behav, 2023 Death of a loved one is recognized as one of life's greatest stresses, and 10%–20% of bereaved individuals will experience a complicated or prolonged grieving period that is characterized by intense yearning for the deceased. The monogamous prairie vole (
Vitale EM, Kirckof A, Smith AS.
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