Role of social and endocrine factors in alloparental behavior of prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)

The prairie vole: An emerging model organism for understanding the social brain

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Chronic intranasal oxytocin causes long-term impairments in partner preference formation in male prairie voles

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The impact of early life family structure on adult social attachment, alloparental behavior, and the neuropeptide systems regulating affiliative behaviors in the monogamous prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster)

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Species and individual differences in juvenile female alloparental care are associated with oxytocin receptor density in the striatum and the lateral septum

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Sex differences in the parental behavior of rodents

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Both oxytocin and vasopressin may influence alloparental behavior in male prairie voles

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Neuroendocrine and Behavioural Responses to Exposure to an Infant in Male Prairie Voles

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The neurobiological causes and effects of alloparenting

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Sex differences and developmental effects of manipulations of oxytocin on alloparenting and anxiety in prairie voles

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Variation in vasopressin receptor (Avpr1a) expression creates diversity in behaviors related to monogamy in prairie voles

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Flexibility and adaptation of the neural substrate that supports maternal behavior in mammals

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Autonomic, behavioral and neuroendocrine correlates of paternal behavior in male prairie voles

Kenkel, W. M., Suboc, G., & Carter, C. S. (2014) · Physiology & Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.02.006 · Cited by 79 · see citing works

Associations between glucocorticoids and sociality across a continuum of vertebrate social behavior

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Effects of stress on parental care are sexually dimorphic in prairie voles

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Dopamine and monogamy

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Sexual or paternal experiences alter alloparental behavior and the central expression of ERα and OT in male mandarin voles (Microtus mandarinus)

Song, Z., Tai, F., Yu, C., Wu, R., Zhang, X., Broders, H. G., He, F., & Guo, R. (2010) · Behavioural Brain Research · doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2010.05.045 · Cited by 73 · see citing works

Pup exposure elicits hippocampal cell proliferation in the prairie vole

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Bromocriptine Administration Lowers Serum Prolactin and Disrupts Parental Responsiveness in Common Marmosets (Callithrix j. jacchus)

Roberts, R. L., Jenkins, K. T., Lawler, T., Wegner, F. H., & Newman, J. D. (2001) · Hormones and Behavior · doi:10.1006/hbeh.2000.1639 · Cited by 57 · see citing works

Social influences on parental and nonparental responses toward pups in virgin female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster).

Lonstein, J. S., & Vries, G. J. D. (2001) · Journal of comparative psychology · doi:10.1037/0735-7036.115.1.53 · Cited by 55 · see citing works

Neuropeptide Regulation of Social Attachment: The Prairie Vole Model

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Intergenerational transmission of sociality: the role of parents in shaping social behavior in monogamous and non-monogamous species

Perkeybile, A. M., & Bales, K. L. (2017) · Journal of Experimental Biology · doi:10.1242/jeb.142182 · Cited by 42 · see citing works

Prolactin levels are elevated after infant carrying in parentally inexperienced common marmosets

Roberts, R. L., Jenkins, K. T., Lawler, T., Wegner, F. H., Norcross, J. L., Bernhards, D., & Newman, J. D. (2001) · Physiology & Behavior · doi:10.1016/s0031-9384(01)00430-9 · Cited by 46 · see citing works

Cooperative Breeding and the Paradox of Facultative Fathering

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Oxytocin And Individual Variation in Parental Care in Prairie Voles

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Ontogeny of the transition from killer to caregiver in dwarf hamsters (Phodopus campbelli) with biparental care

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Social suppression of female reproductive maturation and infanticidal behavior in cooperatively breeding Mongolian gerbils

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Intergenerational transmission of the behavioral consequences of early experience in prairie voles

Stone, A. I., & Bales, K. L. (2010) · Behavioural Processes · doi:10.1016/j.beproc.2010.05.004 · Cited by 28 · see citing works

Revisiting paternal absence: Female alloparental replacement of fathers recovers partner preference formation in female, but not male prairie voles ( Microtus ochrogaster )

Rogers, F. D., & Bales, K. L. (2019) · Developmental Psychobiology · doi:10.1002/dev.21943 · Cited by 25 · see citing works

Exploration in a dispersal task: Effects of early experience and correlation with other behaviors in prairie voles ( Microtus ochrogaster )

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Is it all in the family? The effects of early social structure on neural-behavioral systems of prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)

Greenberg, G. D., van Westerhuyzen, J. A., Bales, K. L., & Trainor, B. C. (2012) · Neuroscience · doi:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.04.063 · Cited by 24 · see citing works

Extensive juvenile “babysitting” facilitates later adult maternal responsiveness, decreases anxiety, and increases dorsal raphe tryptophan hydroxylase‐2 expression in female laboratory rats

Harding, K. M., & Lonstein, J. S. (2016) · Developmental Psychobiology · doi:10.1002/dev.21392 · Cited by 23 · see citing works

Is Play Behavior Sexually Dimorphic in Monogamous Species?

Chau, M. J., Stone, A. I., Mendoza, S. P., & Bales, K. L. (2008) · Ethology · doi:10.1111/j.1439-0310.2008.01543.x · Cited by 21 · see citing works

Cardioacceleration in alloparents in response to stimuli from prairie vole pups: the significance of thermoregulation

Kenkel, W. M., Yee, J. R., Porges, S. W., Ferris, C. F., & Carter, C. S. (2015) · Behavioural Brain Research · doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2015.02.033 · Cited by 17 · see citing works

Alloparental Care in the African Striped Mouse Rhabdomys pumilio is Age‐Dependent and Influences the Development of Paternal Care

Rymer, T. L., & Pillay, N. (2013) · Ethology · doi:10.1111/eth.12175 · Cited by 15 · see citing works

The Impact of Early Postnatal and Juvenile Social Environments on the Effects of Chronic Intranasal Oxytocin in the Prairie Vole

Prounis, G. S., & Ophir, A. G. (2019) · Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnbeh.2019.00206 · Cited by 13 · see citing works

Effects of siblings on reproductive maturation and infanticidal behavior in cooperatively breeding Mongolian gerbils

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The spatial-and-ethological population structure, cooperation, and the evolution of sociality in rodents

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Age‐related changes in paternal responses of gerbils parallel changes in their testosterone concentrations

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Corticosterone Levels Correlate With Alloparental Care in a Sex‐Dependent Manner in African Striped Mice, R habdomys pumilio

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Changes in Paternal Responsiveness of Prairie Voles (Microtus ochrogaster) in Response to Olfactory Cues and Continuous Physical Contact with a Female

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Cannabinoid receptor Type 1 densities reflect social organization in Microtus

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Mating systems in the steppe lemming (Lagurus lagurus) and narrow-skulled vole (Microtus gregalis) from the Northern Kulunda Steppe

Потапов, М. А., Zadubrovskaya, I. V., Zadubrovskiy, P. A., et al. (2012) · Russian Journal of Ecology · doi:10.1134/s1067413612010109 · Cited by 5 · see citing works

Neuropeptides and the Development of Social Behaviors

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Exposure to novel females increases fecundity in adult male prairie voles

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Brain Kappa Opioid Receptor Availability Across Stress and Social Buffering Conditions: A Positron Emission Tomography Study in Coppery Titi MonkeysPreprint

Manca, C., Paulus, J. P., Almeida, A. J. D., Caceres, A., Sosnowski, M. J., Hobson, B. A., Ferrer, E. E., Chaudhari, A. J., & Bales, K. L. (2026) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.64898/2026.02.17.706461

Effects of experience and motivation on symmetrical-maze performance in the prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster).

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Levels of Male Aggressiveness in Fluctuating Populations of the Prairie Vole, Microtus Ochrogaster, and the Meadow Vole, M. Pennsylvanicus, in Central Illinois

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Postnatal development of the prairie vole, Microtus ochrogaster.

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Prairie Vole, Microtus ochrogaster, in Eastern Kentucky

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The Influence of Sex Ratio on Dispersal in the Prairie Vole, Microtus ochrogaster

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