期刊
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOBIOLOGY
卷 49, 期 4, 页码 335-342出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20216
关键词
early experience; monogamy; oxytocin; vasopressin; prairie vole
资金
- NICHD NIH HHS [P01 HD38490, F32 HD08702] Funding Source: Medline
- NIMH NIH HHS [R01 MH073022] Funding Source: Medline
The goal of this study was to examine the effects of early life experiences on the subsequent expression of traits characteristic of social monogamy in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster). During cage changes parents and their offspring were either transferred between cages in a cup (zero manipulation, MAN0) or with a gloved hand (one manipulation, MAN1). Following weaning the offspring were tested for alloparental behavior. In adulthood they were tested for the capacity to form partner preferences, behavior in an elevated plus-maze (EPM), and corticosterone levels. MAN0 males (but not females) showed lower levels of alloparental behavior than MAN1 males. MAN0 females (but not males) were less likely to form pair bonds than MAN1 females. MAN0 animals of both sexes were less exploratory in the EPM than MAN1 counterparts. These experiments support the hypothesis that behaviors used to characterize monogamy are vulnerable in a sex-specific manner to early experience. (c) 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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