title: Fatherhood affects dendritic spines and vasopressin V1a receptors in the primate prefrontal cortex.
abstract: Like human fathers, male marmosets help raise their young, yet the ways in which fatherhood influences the brain remain largely unknown. We show that first-time and experienced marmoset fathers have enhanced density of dendritic spines on pyramidal neurons in prefrontal cortex as compared to non-fathers. In parallel, the abundance of vasopressin V1a receptors and the proportion of V1a receptor-labeled dendritic spines increase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Green Hall, Washington Road, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA.
authors.forename: Yevgenia
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kozorovitskiy
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gould
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002144:Callithrix; D049229:Dendritic Spines / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D017966:Pyramidal Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D017483:Receptors, Vasopressin / Q000378:metabolism*; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D017483:Receptors, Vasopressin; D014667:Vasopressins