Dopamine regulation of social choice in a monogamous rodent species

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue AUG, 2009, Pages

  Aragona, Brandon J ^a   Wang, Zuoxin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Monogamy; Nucleus accumbens; Pair bond; Prairie vole; Social attachment; Social decision making; Social neuroeconomics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950315432     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.08.015.2009     Document Type: Review

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