Sentences with phrase «like prairie voles»
Hey, that sounds sort of like prairie voles and meadow voles.
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They found that meadow voles treated with gene therapy acted more like their prairie vole counterparts — they spent more time huddling near their original companion.
Not exact matches
Like those of the monogamous prairie vole, human oxytocin receptors are located in several dopamine - rich regions of the brain, suggesting that oxytocin is embedded in our reward circuitry.
As a result, when prairie voles are separated from their partners even for a short time, they experience withdrawal - like symptoms, says Larry Young, a behavioral neuroscientist at Emory University's Yerkes National Primate Research Center and co-author of the study.
«However, prairie voles are unusual as they are socially monogamous and like drinking alcohol, so they are perfect to investigate the role of alcohol in relationships.»
Like humans, animals console each other in times of distress: monkeys hug and kiss, and prairie voles groom each other.