Raised without a father: monoparental care effects over development, sexual behavior, sexual reward, and pair bonding in prairie voles.

ABSTRACT: Around 5 % of mammals are socially monogamous and both parents provide care to the pups (biparental, BP). Prairie voles are socially monogamous rodents extensively used to understand the neurobiological basis of pair bond formation and the consequences that the absence of one parent has in the offspring. Pair bonding, characterized by selective affiliation with a sexual partner, is facilitated in prairie voles by mating for 6 h or cohabitation without mating for 24 h. It was previously shown that prairie voles raised by their mother alone (monoparental, MP) show delayed pair bond formation upon reaching adulthood. In this study we evaluated the effects of BP and MP care provided on the offspring's development, ability to detect olfactory cues, preference for sexually relevant odors, displa

SUBMITTER: Valera-Marin G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8647045 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature