Past psychology studies have consistently highlighted the importance of social bonds for survival, showing that enduring ...

The finding that prairie voles can't pair-bond after C-section unless helped along by oxytocin could have implications for obstetricians. So far, though, the team is cautious about extrapolating to ...

The vital role of oxytocin—the "love hormone"—for social attachments is being called into question. More than 40 years of pharmacological and behavioral research has pointed to oxytocin receptor ...

Share on Pinterest In a study in voles, the so-called love hormone was not necessary to promote pair bonding, but why? Image credit: Anastasia Mihaylova (Shpara)/Stocksy. Previous studies on the role ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. AUSTIN (KXAN) — What can humans learn about love from other species? A fuzzy little prairie vole led researchers from the ...

There's more to love than a single hormone. That's the conclusion of a study of prairie voles that were genetically altered to ignore signals from the "love hormone" oxytocin. The study, published in ...

New research shows that early life exposure to a commonly used flame-retardant mixture increases anxiety and affects socioemotional behaviors in prairie voles, particularly in females. New research ...

Thermoregulatory behavior in CS and VD vole litters on PND-7. Nineteen CS and 21 VD litters were tested for 30 minutes at 33°C followed by 30 minutes at 22°C. Representative thermographic images isare ...