Ventral tegmental area involvement in pair bonding in male prairie voles
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Ventral tegmental area involvement in pair bonding in male prairie voles.
Dopamine is known to play a critical role in social attachment in monogamous voles. However, little is known about the neurochemical regulation of central dopamine release during pair bond formation. Here we examine the effects on partner preference formation in male prairie voles of neurochemical manipulations in the ventral tegmental area (VTA), a major source of dopamine to brain regions imp...
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عنوان ژورنال: Physiology & Behavior
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0031-9384
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2005.08.022