Voles and vasopressin: A review of molecular, cellular, and behavioral studies of pair bonding and paternal behaviors

Ecology, Sexual Selection, and the Evolution of Mating Systems

1977 • 6,145 citations

Monogamy in Mammals

1977 • 1,400 citations

Intra- and extrahypothalamic vasopressin and oxytocin pathways in the rat

1978 • 1,022 citations

A role for central vasopressin in pair bonding in monogamous prairie voles

1993 • 923 citations

Intra- and extrahypothalamic vasopressin and oxytocin pathways in the rat

1978 • 824 citations

Oxytocin receptor distribution reflects social organization in monogamous and polygamous voles.

1992 • 821 citations

Oxytocin Induces Maternal Behavior in Virgin Female Rats

1982 • 755 citations

The vasopressinergic innervation of the brain in normal and castrated rats

1985 • 522 citations

The origin of the vasopressinergic and oxytocinergic innervation of the rat brain with special reference to the lateral septum

1983 • 512 citations

Oxytocin Administered Centrally Facilitates Formation of a Partner Preference in Female Prairie Voles (Microtus ochrogaster)

1994 • 468 citations

The mating system of the prairie vole, Microtus ochrogaster: Field and laboratory evidence for pair-bonding

1981 • 457 citations

A gender-specific mechanism for pair bonding: Oxytocin and partner preference formation in monogamous voles.

1995 • 432 citations

Patterns of brain vasopressin receptor distribution associated with social organization in microtine rodents

1994 • 427 citations

A gender-specific mechanism for pair bonding: Oxytocin and partner preference formation in monogamous voles.

1995 • 409 citations

Vasopressin and Oxytocin Receptors in the Central Nervous System

1996 • 402 citations

Role of septal vasopressin innervation in paternal behavior in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster).

1994 • 353 citations

Monogamy and the Prairie Vole

1993 • 292 citations

Peptides and behavior

1977 • 272 citations

Septal vasopressin modulates social memory in male rats

1988 • 271 citations

Vasopressin Injected into the Hypothalamus Triggers a Stereotypic Behavior in Golden Hamsters

1984 • 252 citations

Vasopressin cells in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis of the rat: sex differences and the influence of androgens

1985 • 247 citations

Oxytocin and Vasopressin Gene Expression in the Hypothalamo-Neurohypophyseal System of the Rat During the Estrous Cycle, Pregnancy, and Lactation

1988 • 227 citations

Sex Differences in Neurotransmitter Systems

1990 • 224 citations

Mating in the monogamous male: Behavioral consequences

1995 • 219 citations

Species differences in V-sub-1a receptor gene expression in monogamous and nonmonogamous voles: Behavioral consequences.

1997 • 218 citations

A comparison of maternal behaviour in the meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus), prairie vole (M. ochrogaster) and pine vole (M. pinetorum)

1984 • 209 citations

A comparison of paternal behaviour in the meadow vole Microtus pennsylvanicus, the pine vole M. pinetorum and the prairie vole M. cchrogaster

1986 • 192 citations

Species differences in V₁a receptor gene expression in monogamous and nonmonogamous voles: Behavioral consequences.

1997 • 187 citations

Sex and Species Differences in the Vasopressin Innervation of Sexually Naive and Parental Prairie Voles, Microtus ochrogaster and Meadow Voles, Microtus pennsylvanicus

1993 • 174 citations

CENTRAL EFFECTS OF ARGININE VASOPRESSIN ON BLOOD PRESSURE IN RATS

1982 • 169 citations

Androgen-dependent vasopressinergic neurons are involved in social recognition in rats

1990 • 166 citations

Cohabitation alters vasopressin innervation and paternal behavior in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)

1994 • 163 citations

Immunoreactivity of central vasopressin and oxytocin pathways in microtine rodents: A quantitative comparative study

1996 • 159 citations

Regulation of vasopressin gene expression in rat hypothalamic neurons. Response to osmotic stimulation.

1986 • 152 citations

Oxytocin and vasopressin gene expression during gestation and lactation

1988 • 152 citations

Vasopressin Isoreceptors in Mammals: Relation to Cyclic AMP-Dependent and Cyclic AMP-Independent Transduction Mechanisms

1983 • 144 citations

Sex and species differences in the effects of cohabitation on vasopressin messenger RNA expression in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) and meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus)

1994 • 144 citations

Differential lateral septal vasopressin innervation in aggressive and nonaggressive male mice

1993 • 141 citations

Social organization of a free-ranging population of pine voles, Microtus pinetorum

1983 • 139 citations

Detailed analysis of blood oxytocin levels during suckling and parturition in the rat

1986 • 137 citations

Oxytocin and Vasopressin Immunoreactivity in Hypothalamic and Extrahypothalamic Sites in Late Pregnant and Postpartum Rats

1987 • 136 citations

Centrally injected arginine vasopressin (AVP) facilitates social memory in rats

1987 • 132 citations

Testosterone effects on paternal behavior and vasopressin immunoreactive projections in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)

1993 • 128 citations

Oxytocin in Maternal, Sexual, and Social Behaviors

1992 • 128 citations

Comparative neuroanatomy of the sexually dimorphic hypothalamus in monogamous and polygamous voles

1991 • 126 citations

Relationships between Social Organization and Behavioral Endocrinology in a Monogamous Mammal

1986 • 126 citations

Early appearance and transient expression of vasopressin receptors in the brain of rat fetus and infant. An autoradiographical and electrophysiological study

1991 • 125 citations

Medial amygdala and aggressive behavior: Interaction between testosterone and vasopressin

1990 • 125 citations

Comparison of the Mating System and Paternal Behavior in Microtus ochrogaster and M. pennsylvanicus

1985 • 124 citations

Infant's response to social separation reflects adult differences in affiliative behavior: A comparative developmetal study in prairie and montane voles

1990 • 123 citations

The comparative psychology of monogamy.

1987 • 121 citations

Species differences in vasopressin receptor binding are evident early in development: Comparative anatomic studies in prairie and montane voles

1997 • 117 citations

A new specific antibody reveals octopamine‐like immunoreactivity in cockroach ventral nerve cord

1992 • 107 citations

Suprachiasmatic and paraventricular control of photoperiodism in Siberian hamsters

1991 • 107 citations

Vasopressin in the septal area of the golden hamster controls scent marking and grooming

1990 • 106 citations

Characterization of a Novel, Linear Radioiodinated Vasopressin Antagonist: An Excellent Radioligand for Vasopressin V<sub>1a</sub> Receptors

1995 • 99 citations

Quantitative light microscopic autoradiographic localization of binding sites labelled with [3H]vasopressin antagonist d(CH2)5Tyr(Me)VP in the rat brain, pituitary and kidney

1987 • 92 citations

Increased accumulation of oxytocin messenger ribonucleic acid in the hypothalamus of the female rat: induction by long term estradiol and progesterone administration and subsequent progesterone withdrawal.

1995 • 90 citations

Differences in affiliative behavior, pair bonding, and vaginal cytology in two species of vole (Microtus ochrogaster and M. montanus).

1990 • 89 citations

Water Recycling in Lactation

1975 • 79 citations

Localization and characterization of vasopressin binding sites in the rat brain using an iodinated linear AVP antagonist

1993 • 78 citations

Species differences in the vasopressin-immunoreactive pathways in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis and medial amygdaloid nucleus in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) and meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus).

1995 • 77 citations

Species differences in the vasopressin-immunoreactive pathways in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis and medial amygdaloid nucleus in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) and meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus).

1995 • 72 citations

Centrally mediated effects of neurohypophyseal hormones

1983 • 72 citations

Gonadal steroid modulation of oxytocin and vasopressin gene expression in the hypothalamus of the osmotically stimulated rat.

1993 • 70 citations

Parental Care and its Relationship to Social Organization in the Montane Vole (Microtus montanus)

1986 • 66 citations

Impaired brain development of the diabetes insipidus Brattleboro rat

1982 • 65 citations

Nesting Patterns of Adult Voles, Microtus montanus, in Field Populations

1982 • 62 citations

Vasopressin innervation of sexually dimorphic structures of the gerbil forebrain under various hormonal conditions

1992 • 59 citations

Vasopressin and the developing rat brain

1980 • 57 citations

Ontogeny of vasopressin and oxytocin binding sites in the brain of Wistar and Brattleboro rats as demonstrated by lightmicroscopical autoradiography.

1989 • 56 citations

Gonadal steroids influence neurophysin II distribution in the forebrain of normal and mutant mice

1988 • 55 citations

Cytoplasmic oxytocin and vasopressin gene transcripts decline postpartum in the hypothalamus of the lactating rat.

1993 • 54 citations

Seasonal changes in vasopressin in the brain of the garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus L.)

1990 • 47 citations

Structure of the Rat V1a Vasopressin Receptor Gene and Characterization of Its Promoter Region and Complete cDNA Sequence of the 3′-End

1995 • 45 citations

Parental Behavior in Voles

1996 • 42 citations

Increased accumulation of oxytocin messenger ribonucleic acid in the hypothalamus of the female rat: induction by long term estradiol and progesterone administration and subsequent progesterone withdrawal

1995 • 41 citations

Exchange of Water During Lactation

1976 • 41 citations

Vasopressin and the Regulation of Hamster Social Behaviora

1992 • 39 citations

Gonadal steroid modulation of oxytocin and vasopressin gene expression in the hypothalamus of the osmotically stimulated rat

1993 • 35 citations

The antipyretic effects of centrally administered vasopressin at different ambient temperatures

1987 • 32 citations

Effect of progesterone on hypothalamic oxytocin messenger ribonucleic acid levels in the lactating rat.

1995 • 32 citations

Cytoplasmic oxytocin and vasopressin gene transcripts decline postpartum in the hypothalamus of the lactating rat

1993 • 26 citations

Effect of progesterone on hypothalamic oxytocin messenger ribonucleic acid levels in the lactating rat

1995 • 13 citations

Vasopressin, maternal behavior, and pup well-being

1990 • 11 citations

METHOD OF ASSAY FOR PROGESTERONE BASED ON THE INHIBITION OF UTERINE OESTRUS

1940 • 8 citations

Watson Floats a Plan to Carve Up the Genome

1989 • 8 citations

Sequential Exposure to Estrogen and Testosterone (T) and Subsequent Withdrawal of T Increases the Level of Arginine Vasopressin Messenger Ribonucleic Acid in the Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus of the Female Rat

1996 • 7 citations

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1955 • 0 citations