The neurobiology of pair bond formation, bond disruption, and social buffering

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 40, Issue , 2016, Pages 8-13

  Lieberwirth, Claudia ^a   Wang, Zuoxin ^b  

^a UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; OXYTOCIN;

COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MATE CHOICE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PAIR BOND DISRUPTION; PAIR BONDING; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL ATTACHMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BUFFERING; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL MONOGAMY; STRESS; ANIMAL; ARVICOLINAE; PHYSIOLOGY; TRENDS;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; DOPAMINE; HUMANS; NEUROBIOLOGY; OXYTOCIN; PAIR BOND;

EID: 84973370190     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2016.05.006     Document Type: Review

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