Monogamy: Dopamine ties the knot

Scott Edwards; David W. Self

doi:10.1038/nn0106-7

Monogamy: Dopamine ties the knot

Scott Edwards, David W. Self

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Prairie voles form lasting pair bonds with their mating partners after a single experience of sexual activity, and this reward-related learning depends on dopamine. A new paper reports that two dopamine receptor subtypes contribute differently to the initial formation of pair bonds and to their maintenance by the promotion of selective aggression toward alternative mates.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	7-8
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature neuroscience
Volume	9
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nn0106-7
State	Published - Jan 1 2006

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