Sentences with phrase «prairie voles do»
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.
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«We know much more about the chemistry of attachment and love in prairie voles than we do about that chemistry in humans.
«Our results in prairie voles have identified a biological mechanism that could explain the link between discordant drinking and relationship breakdown, but we will need to do further work to confirm this for humans,» says Ryabinin.
A study of the effect of alcohol on long - term relationships finds that when a male prairie vole has access to alcohol, but his female partner doesn't, the relationship suffers — similar to what has been observed in human couples.
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.