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Arvicolinae

 
 
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Disease relevance of Arvicolinae

 

Psychiatry related information on Arvicolinae

 

High impact information on Arvicolinae

  • A role for central vasopressin in pair bonding in monogamous prairie voles [11].
  • Female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) exposed to a single drop of male urine on the upper lip showed changes in concentrations of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) and norepinephrine in olfactory bulb tissue; no such changes occurred in dopamine concentration [12].
  • 6-methoxybenzoxazolinone: a plant derivative that stimulates reproduction in Microtus montanus [13].
  • The associations between DEE/RMRt and site quality suggested that in February voles in poorer sites had higher energy demands, indicating that DEE was forced upwards, but in March the opposite was true, with higher demands in good sites, indicating that high expenditure was enabled [14].
  • Likewise, in adult male prairie voles, central (intracerebroventricular) injections of AVP can significantly increase intermale aggression, suggesting a role for AVP in the expression of postcopulatory aggression in adult male prairie voles [6].
 

Chemical compound and disease context of Arvicolinae

 

Biological context of Arvicolinae

 

Anatomical context of Arvicolinae

  • In the present study, we first used a highly specific affinity-purified antibody and a cRNA probe to generate a detailed mapping of BDNF immunoreactive (BDNF-ir) staining and mRNA labeling throughout the forebrain of female prairie voles [22].
  • Maternal and mating-induced aggression is associated with elevated citrulline immunoreactivity in the paraventricular nucleus in prairie voles [23].
  • Treatment with estradiol benzoate (EB) for 3 days increased the density of BrdU-labeled cells in the amygdala, particularly in the posterior cortical (pCorA) and medial (pMeA) nuclei, in meadow, but not prairie, voles [24].
  • In addition, 6-MBOA significantly increases the weight of the ovary and uterus in both peripubertal and mature voles [25].
  • After 6 h permanent subcutaneous infusion of BrdU in rodents (adult Microtus agrestis, pregnant NMRI-mice), cell nuclei which have undergone DNA synthesis during the BrdU treatment can be differentiated from the nuclei of other cycle stages by means of their altered staining behaviour after Giemsa [26].
 

Associations of Arvicolinae with chemical compounds

  • In female prairie voles, swim stress interferes with the development of social preferences and corticosterone treatments inhibit the formation of partner preferences, while adrenalectomized females form preferences more quickly than adrenally intact controls [27].
  • Similar to rats, therefore, postnatal estrogen influences some components of the extrahypothalamic AVP system in prairie voles, but this developing system appears to be insensitive to exogenous androgens, including aromatizable androgens [28].
  • In two experiments, voles were injected daily with melatonin from 20 to 80 or 80 to 140 d of age [29].
  • Adenylate cyclase (AC) in pineal particulate fractions from rabbit, rat, cow, and the vole Microtus montanus was stimulated by L-norepinephrine (NE) and L-isoproterenol (ISO) [30].
  • Unexpected effects of perinatal gonadal hormone manipulations on sexual differentiation of the extrahypothalamic arginine-vasopressin system in prairie voles [28].
 

Gene context of Arvicolinae

  • This study compared the effects of centrally administered oxytocin (OT) and arginine vasopressin (AVP) on partner preference formation and social contact in male and female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) [31].
  • Species differences for OT receptor distribution were also observed in other microtine and murine species selected as monogamous or promiscuous [32].
  • Central administration of oxytocin facilitates and administration of an oxytocin antagonist inhibits partner preference formation in female prairie voles [33].
  • PNMT activity in these same voles was increased after 7 days and also remained elevated after 28 days of cold exposure [34].
  • A third series of experiments tested the hypothesis that brain OT influences affiliation by comparing prairie and montane voles, two closely related species with dichotomous systems of social organization [35].
 

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Arvicolinae

  • Here we report cloning, sequence analysis, and detailed characterization of the Xist gene from four closely related species of common vole (field mouse), Microtus arvalis [36].
  • Sexually naive female prairie voles received a daily subcutaneous injection of 20 microg oxytocin or isotonic saline for 5 days before being placed with a sexually experienced male for 48 h [37].
  • By contrast, neither ovariectomy nor oestradiol affected odour preferences of short-photoperiod voles [38].
  • Microinjection of the D2 antagonist eticlopride into the NAcc (but not the prelimbic cortex) blocked the formation of a partner preference in mating voles, whereas the D2 agonist quinpirole facilitated formation of a partner preference in the absence of mating [39].
  • Laboratory bred bank voles of different age and reproductive status were bilaterally ovariectomized, treated with exogenous oestrogen or progesterone or both, and given an artificial decidual stimulus (crushing with artery forceps) [40].

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