Prairie voles mate for life. Much like humans, once voles form a pair bond—typically with a member of the opposite sex—they cohabitate, coparent, and even prefer each other’s company over that of ...

Until recently, research in prairie voles, as with many species other than the laboratory mouse, has been based largely on behavioral and pharmacological manipulation. While this line of research in ...

Neuroscientist Zoe Donaldson takes a different approach. She looks to fuzzy, palm-sized rodents called prairie voles. “From a neuroscientific perspective, love is the biological drive that allows us ...

To test whether acetylation was involved in pair bonding in prairie voles, Kabbaj and colleagues injected trichostatin A (TSA), an inhibitor of histone deacetylases (HDACs), into the prairie voles’ ...

The study was conducted on prairie voles, a type of rodent that share similar patterns of relationship with human beings. They, like humans, like to couple-up, share a home, raise offsprings and ...

How do they know? Prairie voles. For... This Valentine's Day, thank voles for our understanding of love For years, scientists have known that oxytocin is important in facilitating the feeling of ...

Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert ...

Ophir studies pair bonding in prairie voles, a small rodent that is known for its monogamous lifestyle. In prairie voles, initial pair bonds are formed when oxytocin and vasopressin assign higher ...