Brenden Gingrich
Emory University
7 Papers
11 Citations
Brenden Gingrich is an academic researcher from Emory University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Prairie vole & Oxytocin receptor. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 7 publications.
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Papers
Cellular mechanisms of social attachment.
TL;DR: It is hypothesize that oxytocin and vasopressin may be facilitating affiliation and social attachment in monogamous species by modulating these reward pathways.
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Dopamine D2 receptors in the nucleus accumbens are important for social attachment in female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster).
TL;DR: Results suggest that D2-like receptors in the NAcc are important for the mediation of social attachments in female voles.
Dopamine D2 receptor-mediated regulation of partner preferences in female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster): a mechanism for pair bonding?
TL;DR: It is suggested that mating-induced PP requires activation of D2 receptors and that social experience may activate dopaminergic pathways, with enduring effects on behavior.
Oxytocin: who needs it?
TL;DR: The neuropeptide oxytocin has been implicated in the initiation of maternal behavior, based on studies in rats and sheep, and transgenic studies suggest that these species differences in the neuroanatomical distribution of Oxytocin receptors may be a function of inter-species variation in the flanking region of the oxytocIn receptor gene.
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Differential Fos expression following microinjection of oxytocin or vasopressin in the prairie vole brain.
TL;DR: This study examined Fos-like immunoreactivity, a nonspecific marker of cellular activation, following the microinjection of OT, AVP, or artificial cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) into the lateral ventricle of male and female prairie voles.
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