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Effects of prairie vole runways on tallgrass prairie

Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 2007
Abstract Disturbances by large mammals influence plant populations and ecosystem processes. In contrast, impacts on ecosystem processes at local scales by small herbivorous rodents are relatively unknown. To examine effects of the runways of prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) on soil nitrogen, we collected soil cores from under runways, along the ...
Beth E. Ross, Aaron W. Reed, Ryan L. Rehmeier, Glennis A. Kaufman, Donald W. Kaufman   +4 more
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Prairie forb response to timing of vole herbivory

Ecology, 2009
The timing of herbivory can be an important factor in the strength and direction of plant response to herbivore damage. To determine the effect of vole herbivory timing within a growing season on tallgrass prairie forbs, we used individual plant enclosures to limit vole access to three species, Desmanthus illinoensis, Echinacea purpurea, and Heliopsis ...
Amy T, Sullivan, Henry F, Howe
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Oxytocin and object preferences in the male prairie vole

Peptides, 2014
The neuropeptide oxytocin has been previously associated with social attachment behaviors in various species. Studies in socially monogamous prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) and other species have implicated oxytocin in partner preferences and other social behaviors.
Dan, Madularu, Maria, Athanassiou, Jason R, Yee, William M, Kenkel, C Sue, Carter, Dave G, Mumby   +5 more
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Immunoglobulin genomics in the prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster)

Immunology Letters, 2015
In science, the prairie voles are ideal models for studying the regulatory mechanisms of social behavior in humans. The utility of the prairie vole as a biology model can be further enhanced by characterization of the genes encoding components of the immune system.
Tong, Qin, Huijing, Zhao, Huabin, Zhu, Dong, Wang, Weihua, Du, Haisheng, Hao   +5 more
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Self-administration in prairie voles

2023
It is believed that drugs of abuse usurp neural circuitry that initially evolved to mediate behavioral processes essential for fitness.  Therefore, the takeover of this circuitry by drugs of abuse usually exerts powerful control over the behavior and this is a tremendous problem for many humans.
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Oxytocin reduces alcohol consumption in prairie voles

Physiology & Behavior, 2017
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) negatively affects millions of people every year in the United States, and effective treatments for AUD are still needed. The neuropeptide oxytocin has shown promise for reducing alcohol drinking in mice and rats. Because oxytocin also plays a key role in complex prosocial behaviors like bonding and attachment, we tested the ...
J R, Stevenson, S M, Wenner, D M, Freestone, C C, Romaine, M C, Parian, S M, Christian, A E, Bohidar, J R, Ndem, I R, Vogel, C M, O'Kane   +9 more
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Sexual Differentiation in Prairie Voles: The Effects of Corticosterone and Testosterone

Physiology and Behavior, 1997
Prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) exhibit low levels of physical sexual dimorphism and have endogenous basal corticosterone levels that are 5-10 times higher than those measured in rats; prairie voles also do not show a postnatal period of adrenal hyporesponsivity.
R Lucille Roberts, C Sue Carter
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Microtus ochrogaster (Prairie vole)

1971
Pairing of the acrocentrics and the identification of the Y chromosome are very arbitrary, but the X chromosome is relatively easy to identify since it is the largest submetacentric of the complement.
T. C. Hsu, Kurt Benirschke
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Prairie vole pair bonding and plasticity of the social brain

Trends in Neurosciences, 2023
In monogamous species, pair bonding leads to striking changes in social behavior and neural circuitry. We outline the cognitive building blocks of monogamous pair bonding in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster), as well as opportunities afforded by the species to investigate diverse mechanisms underlying social experience-dependent plasticity and gain ...
Lisa C. Hiura, Zoe R. Donaldson
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Male-female interactions in prairie voles

Animal Behaviour, 1983
Abstract Dyadic encounters between virgin female prairie voles ( Microtus ochrogaster ) and males with various reproductive histories were analysed using observational techniques and sequential analysis. Unfamiliar, sexually inexperienced males interacted in a manner that would permit physical contact, pheromone transfer and the subsequent induction ...
Leah Gavish, C. Sue Carter, Lowell L. Getz   +2 more
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