Perinatal and juvenile social environments interact to shape cognitive behaviour and neural phenotype in prairie voles

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1819, 2015, Pages

  Prounis, George S ^a   Foley, Lauren ^b   Rehman, Asad ^b   Ophir, Alexander G ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive ecology; Early life social environments; Microtus ochrogaster; Monogamy; Pair bond; Social recognition

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; JUVENILE; MONOGAMY; PHENOTYPE; PRAIRIE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RODENT; SEX HORMONE; SIBLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER;

OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARVICOLINAE; BRAIN; COGNITION; FATHER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL MEMORY; WEANING;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BRAIN; COGNITION; FATHERS; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL MEMORY; WEANING;

EID: 84948128774     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2236     Document Type: Article

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