Vasopressin and pair-bond formation: genes to brain to behavior.
Microtine rodents provide an excellent model for the study of the neurobiology of social bonds. In this review, we discuss how the presence of a microsatellite sequence in the prairie vole vasopressin receptor gene may determine vasopressin receptor binding patterns in the brain and how these patterns may in turn affect social behavior.
Nair
Hemanth P
HP
Department of Psychiatry, Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, Yerkes National Primate Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Young
Larry J
LJ
D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D003411:Arvicolinae; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D010152:Pair Bond; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D017483:Receptors, Vasopressin / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*
D017483:Receptors, Vasopressin; D014667:Vasopressins; D010121:Oxytocin