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References from Neurobiological mechanisms of social attachment and pair bonding. Local targets link to admitted publications; unresolved targets remain external evidence.
An evolutionary framework for studying mechanisms of social behavior
10.1016/j.tree.2014.07.008 · 2014 · External reference
Breaking bonds in male prairie vole: long-term effects on emotional and social behavior, physiology, and neurochemistry
10.1016/j.bbr.2014.02.016 · 2014 · External reference
The CRF system mediates increased passive stress-coping behavior following the loss of a bonded partner in a monogamous rodent
10.1038/npp.2008.154 · 2009 · External reference
The prairie vole: an emerging model organism for understanding the social brain
10.1016/j.tins.2009.11.006 · 2010 · External reference
Oxytocin/vasopressin-related peptides have an ancient role in reproductive behavior
10.1126/science.1226201 · 2012 · External reference
Species, sex and individual differences in the vasotocin/vasopressin system: relationship to neurochemical signaling in the social behavior neural network
2014 · External reference
Life in groups: the roles of oxytocin in mammalian sociality
2013 · External reference
Evolution of a vertebrate social decision-making network
10.1126/science.1218889 · 2012 · External reference
Evolution of oxytocin pathways in the brain of vertebrates
10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00031 · 2014 · External reference
The neurobiology of pair bonding: insights from a socially monogamous rodent
10.1016/j.yfrne.2010.07.006 · 2011 · External reference
Variation in vasopressin receptor (Avpr1a) expression creates diversity in behaviors related to monogamy in prairie voles
10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.01.005 · 2013 · External reference
Monogamy evolves through multiple mechanisms: evidence from V1aR in deer mice
10.1093/molbev/msq013 · 2010 · External reference
Neuroanatomical distribution of oxytocin and vasopressin 1a receptors in the socially monogamous coppery titi monkey (Callicebus cupreus)
10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.04.055 · 2014 · External reference
The neuroanatomical distribution of oxytocin receptor binding and mRNA in the male rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta)
10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.03.023 · 2014 · External reference
Synthesis and evaluation of C-11, F-18 and I-125 small molecule radioligands for detecting oxytocin receptors
10.1016/j.bmc.2012.02.019 · 2012 · External reference
Localization of high-affinity binding-sites for oxytocin and vasopressin in the human brain—an autoradiographic study
10.1016/0006-8993(91)90345-v · 1991 · External reference
Social bonding: regulation by neuropeptides
10.3389/fnins.2014.00171 · 2014 · External reference
Neuropeptide regulation of social behavior in a monogamous cichlid fish
10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.11.022 · 2011 · External reference
Oxytocin promotes social bonding in dogs
10.1073/pnas.1322868111 · 2014 · External reference
Oxytocin-like receptors mediate pair bonding in a socially monogamous songbird
10.1098/rspb.2012.2396 · 2013 · External reference
Hypothalamic oxytocin and vasopressin neurons exert sex-specific effects on pair bonding, gregariousness, and aggression in finches
10.1073/pnas.1322554111 · 2014 · External reference
Oxytocin antagonist treatments alter the formation of pair relationships in zebra finches of both sexes
10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.05.009 · 2012 · External reference
Oxytocin facilitates fidelity in well-established marmoset pairs by reducing sociosexual behavior toward opposite-sex strangers
10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.06.020 · 2014 · External reference
Manipulation of the oxytocin system alters social behavior and attraction in pair-bonding primates, Callithrix penicillata
10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.12.004 · 2010 · External reference
Intranasal vasopressin affects pair bonding and peripheral gene expression in male Callicebus cupreus
10.1111/j.1601-183x.2010.00677.x · 2011 · External reference
Variation in the oxytocin receptor gene is associated with pair-bonding and social behavior
10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.09.002 · 2012 · External reference
Genetic variation in the vasopressin receptor 1a gene (AVPR1A) associates with pair-bonding behavior in humans
10.1073/pnas.0803081105 · 2008 · External reference
Oxytocin during the initial stages of romantic attachment: relations to couples’ interactive reciprocity
10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.12.021 · 2012 · External reference
Oxytocin enhances brain reward system responses in men viewing the face of their female partner
10.1073/pnas.1314190110 · 2013 · External reference
Oxytocin modulates social distance between males and females
10.1523/jneurosci.2755-12.2012 · 2012 · External reference
From prediction error to incentive salience: mesolimbic computation of reward motivation
10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.07990.x · 2012 · External reference
Aversive motivation and the maintenance of monogamous pair bonding
10.1515/revneuro-2012-0068 · 2013 · External reference
The behavioral, anatomical and pharmacological parallels between social attachment, love and addiction
10.1007/s00213-012-2794-x · 2012 · External reference
Newly paired zebra finches have higher dopamine levels and immediate early gene Fos expression in dopaminergic neurons
10.1111/ejn.12378 · 2013 · External reference
Neural correlates of pair-bonding in a monogamous primate
10.1016/j.brainres.2007.09.087 · 2007 · External reference
Sexually dimorphic activation of dopaminergic areas depends on affiliation during courtship and pair formation
2014 · External reference
Oxytocin, social cognition and psychiatry
10.1038/npp.2014.186 · 2015 · External reference
Common polymorphism in the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) is associated with human social recognition skills
10.1073/pnas.1302985111 · 2014 · External reference
μ-Opioid receptors within subregions of the striatum mediate pair bond formation through parallel yet distinct reward mechanisms
10.1523/jneurosci.4123-12.2013 · 2013 · External reference
κ-Opioid receptors within the nucleus accumbens shell mediate pair bond maintenance
10.1523/jneurosci.5779-11.2012 · 2012 · External reference
CRF receptors in the nucleus accumbens modulate partner preference in prairie voles
10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.01.006 · 2007 · External reference
Hypothalamic oxytocin mediates social buffering of the stress response
10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.09.017 · 2014 · External reference
Oxytocin receptor density is associated with male mating tactics and social monogamy
10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.01.007 · 2012 · External reference
Variation in neural V1aR predicts sexual fidelity and space use among male prairie voles in semi-natural settings
10.1073/pnas.0709116105 · 2008 · External reference
Female alternative mating tactics, reproductive success and nonapeptide receptor expression in the social decision-making network
10.1016/j.bbr.2013.02.024 · 2013 · External reference
The biology of mammalian parenting and its effect on offspring social development
10.1126/science.1252723 · 2014 · External reference
Unresolved reference
2015 · External reference
The impact of early life family structure on adult social attachment, alloparental behavior, and the neuropeptide systems regulating affiliative behaviors in the monogamous prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster)
2009 · External reference
Neonatal melanocortin receptor agonist treatment reduces play fighting and promotes adult attachment in prairie voles in a sex-dependent manner
10.1016/j.neuropharm.2014.05.041 · 2014 · External reference
Neonatal exposure to the D1 agonist SKF38393 inhibits pair bonding in the adult prairie vole
10.1097/fbp.0b013e32834affd2 · 2011 · External reference
Chronic intranasal oxytocin causes long-term impairments in partner preference formation in male prairie voles
10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.08.025 · 2013 · External reference
Increasing oxytocin receptor expression in the nucleus accumbens of pre-pubertal female prairie voles enhances alloparental responsiveness and partner preference formation as adults
10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.07.018 · 2011 · External reference
The effects of neonatal paternal deprivation on pair bonding, NAcc dopamine receptor mRNA expression and serum corticosterone in mandarin voles
10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.02.028 · 2012 · External reference
Histone deacetylase inhibitors facilitate partner preference formation in female prairie voles
10.1038/nn.3420 · 2013 · External reference
The role of mesocorticolimbic dopamine in regulating interactions between drugs of abuse and social behavior
10.1016/j.neubiorev.2010.06.004 · 2011 · External reference
Amphetamine alters behavior and mesocorticolimbic dopamine receptor expression in the monogamous female prairie vole
10.1016/j.brainres.2010.09.109 · 2011 · External reference
Oxytocin reverses amphetamine-induced deficits in social bonding: evidence for an interaction with nucleus accumbens dopamine
10.1523/jneurosci.4275-13.2014 · 2014 · External reference
Drinking alcohol has sex-dependent effects on pair bond formation in prairie voles
10.1073/pnas.1320879111 · 2014 · External reference
Social housing and alcohol drinking in male–female pairs of prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)
10.1007/s00213-012-2836-4 · 2012 · External reference