title: Are dogs just like us?
abstract: Dogs have evolved to become the animal species most integrated with human society. Surprisingly, the origins and mechanisms of the remarkable co-evolution are still obscure and provide fuel for debates. Brain imaging studies showing up similarities and recent results implicating the hormone oxytocin also suggest that it makes sense to compare the social mind of dogs to our own. Michael Gross reports.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gross
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D005075:Biological Evolution; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D004285:Dogs / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000378:metabolism; D012919:Social Behavior
chemical_list: D010121:Oxytocin