ArticlePhysiology & behavior2014
Autonomic, behavioral and neuroendocrine correlates of paternal behavior in male prairie voles.
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- Pupil-mimicry conditions trust in partners: moderation by oxytocin and group membership.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2017Trial
- A holistic review of fatherhood in humans and non-human animals: mechanisms of fatherhood, effects on fathers themselves, and interactions of fathers with others.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2026Review
- Delivery by cesarean section leads to heavier adult bodyweight in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster).Hormones and behavior · 2024Article
- Conserved and differing functions of the endocrine system across different social systems - oxytocin as a case study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Review
- Transcriptomic analysis of paternal behaviors in prairie voles.BMC genomics · 2022Article
- Behavioral trajectories of aging prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster): Adapting behavior to social context wanes with advanced age.PloS one · 2022Article
- Acute inhibition of dopamine β-hydroxylase attenuates behavioral responses to pups in adult virgin California mice (Peromyscus californicus).Hormones and behavior · 2022Article
- Parental Behavior in Rodents.Advances in neurobiology · 2022Article
- Paraventricular Nucleus Oxytocin Subsystems Promote Active Paternal Behaviors in Mandarin Voles.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2021Article
- Plasticity of the paternal brain: Effects of fatherhood on neural structure and function.Developmental psychobiology · 2021Review
- A Neuroscientist's Guide to the Vole.Current protocols · 2021Article
- Behavioral and epigenetic consequences of oxytocin treatment at birth.Science advances · 2019Article
- Therapeutic Potential of Oxytocin in Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: Mechanisms and Signaling Pathways.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2019Review
- Fatherhood alters gene expression within the MPOA.Environmental epigenetics · 2018Article
- Effects of a physical and energetic challenge on male California mice (The Journal of experimental biology · 2018Article
- Paternal Care Impacts Oxytocin Expression in California Mouse Offspring and Basal Testosterone in Female, but Not Male Pups.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2018Article
- Oxytocin Neurons Exhibit Extensive Functional Plasticity Due To Offspring Age in Mothers and Fathers.Integrative and comparative biology · 2017Article
- Metabolic and affective consequences of fatherhood in male California mice.Physiology & behavior · 2017Article
- Effects of repeated pup exposure on behavioral, neural, and adrenocortical responses to pups in male California mice (Peromyscus californicus).Hormones and behavior · 2017Article
- The neurobiological causes and effects of alloparenting.Developmental neurobiology · 2017Review
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Socially monogamous prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) are biparental and alloparental. In the present study, we compared behavioral, cardiovascular and neuroendocrine parameters in male prairie voles with experience caring for pups (Fathers), versus reproductively inexperienced Virgin males. Father and Virgins showed generally similar responses to unrelated pups. However, in the Fathers studied prior to and during pup exposure, heart rate was lower and respiratory sinus arrhythmia tended to be higher than that in Virgins. Fathers also displayed comparatively lower levels of anxiety-related behaviors in an open field test. In Fathers, compared to Virgin males, we also found higher levels of oxytocin-immunoreactivity in the paraventricular hypothalamus and two brainstem regions involved in the autonomic regulation of the heart--the nucleus ambiguus and nucleus tractus solitarius. However, Fathers had less oxytocin in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis. Vasopressin did not differ significantly in these regions. Fathers also weighed less and had less subcutaneous fat and larger testes as a percentage of bodyweight. In conjunction with earlier findings in this species, the present study supports the hypothesis that oxytocin may be involved in the adaptation to fatherhood. These findings also support the hypothesis that males, with or without prior pup experience, may show simultaneous patterns of behavioral nurturance and autonomic states compatible with mobilization and vigilance.
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