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Pair Bond

 
 
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  • OT exerts potent antistress effects that may facilitate pair bonds [2].
  • Nucleus accumbens dopamine differentially mediates the formation and maintenance of monogamous pair bonds [3].
  • Due to steric hindrance, an adenine-thymine-type hydrogen bond pair is formed only at potentials more positive than 0.1 V (vs SCE) where the unprotonated adenine moiety is perpendicularly oriented [4].
  • These results suggest possible sites of action for CRF-induced facilitation of pair bond formation in prairie voles, as well as potential sex differences in the CRF modulation of pair bonding [5].
  • However, it is unclear which brain circuits are involved in this vasopressin-mediated facilitation of pair bond formation [6].
 

Chemical compound and disease context of Pair Bond

  • Concurrent activation of neuropeptide and dopamine receptors in the reward centers of the brain during mating results in a conditioned partner preference, observed as a pair bond [7].
  • These receptors have also been implicated in the behavioral differences relevant to monogamy, as oxytocin and vasopressin influence pair-bond formation in the monogamous species [8].
  • Results confirmed that cortisol concentrations were reduced following the establishment of a pair-bond and found that P. campbelli males had elevated cortisol before the birth [9].
  • Pair bond formation occurred between September and December and was associated with an increase in levels of plasma LH but no change in plasma estradiol [10].
  • However, many investigations indicate that pair bonds in nonsexual contexts are not regulated by testosterone [11].
 

Biological context of Pair Bond

 

Anatomical context of Pair Bond

  • The involvement of dopamine within the nucleus accumbens in the formation and maintenance of pair bonds was assessed in a series of experiments using the monogamous prairie vole [3].
  • Next, we infused a selective V1aR antagonist into three candidate brain regions that seemed most likely involved in vasopressin-mediated pair bond formation: the ventral pallidum, medial amygdala, and MDthal [6].
  • Facilitation of affiliation and pair-bond formation by vasopressin receptor gene transfer into the ventral forebrain of a monogamous vole [13].
 

Gene context of Pair Bond

 

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Pair Bond

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