Sentences with phrase «monogamous prairie voles»

Activation of μ - opioid receptors in the dorsal striatum is necessary for adult social attachment in monogamous prairie voles.

For example, Young's research shows normally monogamous prairie voles do not develop pair bonds with their mates if their mu - opioid system is blocked; other studies have found that mice genetically engineered to have no mu - opioid receptors do not prefer their mothers to other mice the way normal baby mice do.

In the early 1990s, studies of monogamous prairie voles showed oxytocin helped promote lasting attachments.

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.

This pattern is true for two species of vole, the monogamous prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster) and its promiscuous cousin, the meadow vole (M. pennsylvanicus).

Not exact matches

Several years later, Tom Insel, a former colleague of Carter's who is now president of the National Institute of Mental Health, began a comparative study analyzing the brains of prairie voles and their less monogamous cousins, the montane voles.

The research focused on two related species of vole: prairie voles, which are about as close as mammals get to being monogamous, and meadow voles, which express little interest in each other after copulation.

The prairie vole, a small monogamous rodent found in North America, provides a model to study this complex phenomenon.

«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.»

Strong interpersonal relationships have been shown to ward off drug addiction, and new clues as to why come from prairie voles — rodents that form long - term, monogamous bonds with their mates.

The same is true for prairie voles, one of the few mammals that form long - term monogamous pairs.

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have found that natural selection drives some male prairie voles to be fully monogamous and others to seek more partners.

Unlike 97 percent of species, prairie voles are faithfully monogamous.

The hamster - sized prairie vole is unusual among mammals for its tendency to pair off in long - term, monogamous relationships, and when a prairie vole couple has babies, they care for them together.

Much of the oxytocin research to date has been done on prairie voles, monogamous rodents that will release oxytocin only when touching a family member, Pollak says.

If they are genetically deprived of oxytocin, monogamous, maternal, loving prairie voles (a species of rodent) turn into another subspecies — the heartless, promiscuous, pup abusing montane voles.