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- Title
Monogamy: dopamine ties the knot.
- Authors
Edwards, Scott; Self, David W.
- Abstract
The article focuses on a report that two dopamine receptor subtypes that contributed differently to the initial formation of pair bonds among prairie voles. Prairie voles has been chosen in the experiment because of their tendency to form enduring bonds after a single initial mating encounter. The neurotransmitter dopamine has been identified as the culprit of the tendency of prairie voles. Monogamous prairie voles have a higher density of oxytocin receptors in the nucleus accumbens compared to other vole species.
- Subjects
PRAIRIE vole; NEUROTRANSMITTERS; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE receptors; NEUROTRANSMITTER receptors; OXYTOCIN
- Publication
Nature Neuroscience, 2006, Vol 9, Issue 1, p7
- ISSN
1097-6256
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nn0106-7