NROC34H3 Lecture Notes - Prairie Vole, Vasopressin Receptor, Striatum
Document Summary
Giving oxytocin antagonist, might change what is happening. Zebra finch pair preening picture: have pair bonded and have pair bonding behaviour, sensory cues are what we look at, with bird songs can see that birds pair, males sing, females do not. Infusion of antagonist of oxytocin: has no effect on male song, reduces pair bonding behaviours of females, happens in other organisms also. In humans, oxytocin is for maternal behaviour, etc. In prairie voles known to huddle together: the pair are sitting together with the babies under, female voles rarely re-mate, males aggressively defend territory and protect the female. Sensory cues that might be important for behaviour depicted in the picture: olfaction can smell mate, tactile/touch cues are huddling. Are there any compounds we might know are important for pair touch behaviour. Very important for review look at article and look at these areas: hypothesis, predictions, methods, results, discussion.
