Pair bonds represent some of the strongest attachments we form as humans. These
relationships positively modulate health and well-being. Conversely, the loss of a spouse is …

Comparative research on arvicoline rodents has provided important insights into the
neurobiological basis of social bonds. Within the last two decades, the prairie vole (Microtus …

Although it is well appreciated that the early-life social environment asserts subsequent long-
term consequences on offspring brain and behavior, the specific mechanisms that account …

Oxytocin (OXT) and arginine vasopressin (AVP), two neuropeptides involved in socio-
emotional behaviors have been anatomically defined in the adult brain. Yet their spatial …

Parental care and sensory stimulation are critical environmental factors that influence
oxytocin (OXT) and its receptor (OXTR). Because developmental Oxt mRNA expression is …

The nonapeptides vasopressin (VP) and oxytocin (OT) are present in some form in most
vertebrates. VP and OT play critical roles in modulating physiology and are well-studied for …

We investigated whether nonreproductive social interactions may be rewarding for colonial
but not non-colonial species. We found that the colonial spiny mouse (Acomys cahirinus) is …

The influence of maternal caregiving is a powerful force on offspring development. The
absence of a father during early life in biparental species also has profound implications for …

Oxytocin is a versatile neuropeptide that modulates many different forms of social behavior.
Recent hypotheses pose that oxytocin enhances the salience of rewarding and aversive …

Introduction The impact of variation in parental caregiving has lasting implications for the
development of offspring. However, the ways in which parents impact each other in the …