Challenges to the pair bond: neural and hormonal effects of separation and reunion in a monogamous primate

Social monogamy at its most basic is a group structure in which two adults form a unit and share a territory. However, many socially monogamous pairs display attachment relationships known as pair bonds, in which there is a mutual preference for the partner and distress upon separation. The neura...

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Main Authors: Katie Hinde, Chelsea Muth, Nicole Maninger, Benjamin Ragen, Rebecca Larke, Michael Jarcho, Sally Mendoza, William Mason, Emilio Ferrer, Simon Cherry, Marina Fisher-Phelps, Karen Lisa Bales
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00221/full