Autonomic substrates of the response to pups in male prairie voles.

Autonomic substrates of the response to pups in male prairie voles.

Caregiving by nonparents (alloparenting) and fathers is a defining aspect of human social behavior, yet this phenomenon is rare among mammals. Male prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) spontaneously exhibit high levels of alloparental care, even in the absence of reproductive experience. In previous...

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Main Authors: William M Kenkel, Jamespaul Paredes, Gregory F Lewis, Jason R Yee, Hossein Pournajafi-Nazarloo, Angela J Grippo, Stephen W Porges, C Sue Carter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3734219?pdf=render

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