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Dopamine regulation of social choice in a monogamous rodent species

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Aragona, Brandon J.·2009·Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
DOI 10.3389/neuro.08.015.2009PMC PMC2729670
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There is growing appreciation that social decision making in humans is strongly influenced by hedonic and emotional processing. The field of social neuroeconomics has shown that neural systems important for reward are associated with social choice and social preferences in humans. Here, we show that the neurobiology of social preferences in a monogamous rodent species, the prairie vole, is also regulated by neural systems involved in reward and emotional processing. Specifically, we describe how mesolimbic dopamine transmission differentially mediates the formation and maintenance of monogamous pair bonds in this species. Thus, reward processing exerts tremendous regulation over social choice behaviors that serve as the foundation of a rather complex social organization. We conclude that prairie voles are an excellent model system for the neuroscience of social choice and that complex social decision-making can be robustly explained by reward and hedonic processing.

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Authors
Aragona, B. J.
Affiliations
University of Michigan (US)
Corresponding author
Aragona, Brandon J.
ORCID
Aragona, Brandon J.
Venue
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Publisher
Frontiers Media SA
Published
2009
Volume
3
Pages
15-15
ISSN
1662-5153 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.3389/neuro.08.015.2009
PMC
PMC2729670
OpenAlex
W2004213341
Cited by
119
References
116
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FWCI
11.75
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by
Locations
  • Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
National Institutes of Health (DAR01-19627, MHR01-58616, DAK02-23048)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Keywords
dopamine, social choice, Microtus ochrogaster, monogamy, pair bonding, pair bond maintenance, reward processing, social decision-making, social preferences, emotional processing

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