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Comparative Role Of Reward In Long-Term Peer And Mate Relationships In Voles, Nastacia L. Goodwin, Sarah A. Lopez, Nicole S. Lee, Annaliese K. Beery
Comparative Role Of Reward In Long-Term Peer And Mate Relationships In Voles, Nastacia L. Goodwin, Sarah A. Lopez, Nicole S. Lee, Annaliese K. Beery
Neuroscience: Faculty Publications
This is a contribution to SI: SBN/ICN meeting. In social species, relationships may form between mates, parents and their offspring, and/or social peers. Prairie voles and meadow voles both form selective relationships for familiar same-sex peers, but differ in mating system, allowing comparison of the properties of peer and mate relationships. Prairie vole mate bonds are dopamine-dependent, unlike meadow vole peer relationships, indicating potential differences in the mechanisms and motivation supporting these relationships within and/or across species. We review the role of dopamine signaling in affiliative behavior, and assess the role of behavioral reward across relationship types. We compared the …