Loss of oxytocin receptor function disrupts neural signatures of pair bonding and fidelity in the nucleus accumbens.
Long KLP; Hoglen NEG; Keip AJ; Klinkel RM; See DL; Maa J; Wong JC; Sherman M; Manoli DS
The study looks at how animals become friends and stay together. The scientists found that a chemical called Oxytocin affects different behaviors in male and female animals. By studying prairie voles, they learned how Oxytocin is linked to how these animals act around their friends and strangers.