Prairie voles don't need 'love hormone' oxytocin to bond, study finds : Shots - Health News The hormone oxytocin plays a key role in long-term relationships.

Prairie voles have long been heralded as models of monogamy. Now, a study suggests that the “love hormone” once thought essential for their bonding — oxytocin — might not be so necessary ...

Other prairie-vole experiments that used drugs to futz with oxytocin receptors were performed in adult animals who grew up with the hormone, says Devanand Manoli, a psychiatrist and neuroscientist ...

A prairie vole couple. CREDIT: Nastacia Goodwin. Neuroscientists Devanand Manoli from University of California, ...

Even when a partner dies, most prairie voles never take up another mate. Animals. Learning About Love From Prairie Vole Bonding. February 9, 2014 5:47 AM ET. Heard on Weekend Edition Sunday. By .

Using gene editing, researchers have engineered prairie voles with no oxytocin receptors. These monogamous mammals were thought to rely on oxytocin to form social bonds but new results suggest ...

Prairie voles are one of only a few monogamous mammalian species. After mating, they form lifelong partnerships known as "pair-bonds." Pair-bonded voles share parental responsibilities, prefer the ...

If the male prairie vole were a human guy, we might call him “highly evolved.” Among the world’s 5,500 mammalian species, he’s among the roughly 5% who, for the most part, mate for life ...

For prairie voles, the investment seems a bit skewed to the female side, but no need to throw shade on the males, Beery says, there's likely a legit explanation out there.

Female prairie voles also showed increased bonding-related brain activity, suggesting male ejaculation triggers a shared neural response between the mating apir. (Image credit: Aubrey Kelly) ...

Chronic social defeat stress in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster): A preclinical model for the study of depression-related phenotypes. Journal of Affective Disorders , 2024; 351: 833 DOI: 10. ...