ArticleTrends in neurosciences2010
The prairie vole: an emerging model organism for understanding the social brain.
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- The oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) is associated with autism spectrum disorder: a meta-analysis.Molecular psychiatry · 2015Pooled it
- Firemaster 550 differentially alters gene expression underlying synaptic function in amygdala of prairie voles after gestational or lactational exposure.Neurotoxicology · 2026Article
- Cichlid fish as a model for understanding social dysfunction.Current opinion in neurobiology · 2026Review
- Innovative Methods for Prenatal Cannabis Exposure: Vapor Inhalation Chamber and Metabolite Quantification in Prairie Voles and Rats.Developmental psychobiology · 2026Article
- A Demographic History of a Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) Breeding Colony (2004-2020).Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS · 2026Article
- Sex-specific disruption of estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) density in the social brain neural network by Firemaster 550.Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2026Article
- Social compatibility in opposite-sex prairie vole pairs is modulated by early-life sleep experience.PLoS biology · 2026Article
- Non-invasive ovulation tracking enables genetic engineering in wild rodents.Cell reports methods · 2026Article
- A Demographic History of a Prairie Vole (bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Experience-dependent maturation of somatosensory parvalbumin interneurons during social development in prairie voles.Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) · 2026Article
- The prairie vole gut-brain-microbiota-axis: a narrative review.Gut microbiome (Cambridge, England) · 2026Review
- Differences in auditory brainstem responses between laboratory-reared and wild-caught prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster).PloS one · 2026Article
- Adolescent social instability stress alters social processes in male prairie voles.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2026Article
- Elucidating the neuromeric organization of the Mongolian gerbil brain.Brain structure & function · 2025Article
- Characterizing Microglia Morphology in the Frontal Cortex of Pair-Bonded and Unpaired Prairie Voles (International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Oxytocin receptors mediate social selectivity in prairie vole peer relationships.Current biology : CB · 2025Article
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- Exposure to novel females increases fecundity in adult male prairie voles.Hormones and behavior · 2025Article
- Oxytocin and opioid antagonists: A dual approach to improving social behavior.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2025Review
- Exploring rodent prosociality: A conceptual framework.Translational neuroscience · 2025Review
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Abstract
Unlike most mammalian species, the prairie vole is highly affiliative, forms enduring social bonds between mates and displays biparental behavior. Over two decades of research on this species has enhanced our understanding of the neurobiological basis not only of monogamy, social attachment and nurturing behaviors but also other aspects of social cognition. Because social cognitive deficits are hallmarks of many psychiatric disorders, discoveries made in prairie voles can direct novel treatment strategies for disorders such as autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia. With the ongoing development of molecular, genetic and genomic tools for this species, prairie voles will likely maintain their current trajectory becoming an unprecedented model organism for basic and translational research focusing on the biology of the social brain.
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