The neurobiology of stress and the neurobiology of social behavior are deeply intertwined.
The social environment interacts with stress on almost every front: social interactions can be …

The purpose of this paper is to review existing behavioral and neuroendocrine perspectives
on social attachment and love. Both love and social attachments function to facilitate …

Prairie voles are among a small group of mammals that display long-term social attachment
between mating partners. Many pharmacological studies show that signaling via the …

Male mammals show a diverse array of mating bonds, including obligate monogamy,
unimale and group polygyny and promiscuity. These are associated with a wide variety of …

Oxytocin is produced in the hypothalamus and released into the circulation through the
neurohypophyseal system. Peripherally released oxytocin facilitates parturition and milk …

The neuropeptide oxytocin has been implicated in the mediation of several forms of
affiliative behavior including parental care, grooming, and sex behavior. Here we …

MONOGAMOUS social organization is characterized by selective affiliation with a partner,
high levels of paternal behaviour and, in many species, intense aggression towards …

If you have a native language you also have a native lovemap. John Money, bestselling
author of many books on human sexuality including LOVE & LOVE SICKNESS. THE …

Prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) are described here as a model system in which it is
possible to examine, within the context of natural history, the proximate processes regulating …

Prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) are monogamous mammals that form male‐female pair
bonds. Partner preference formation, one component of the pair bond in prairie voles, occurs …