Welfare of encaged rodents: species specific behavioral reaction of voles to new enrichment items

Authors: J Kapusta, M Kruczek, E Pochron, P Olejniczak

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: environmental enrichment, stereotypic behavior, stress, voles, welfare

2021

Successful care and propagation of the endangered amargosa vole (Microtus californicus scirpensis) in captivity

Authors: Nora Allan, Risa Pesapane, Janet Foley, Deana Clifford

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive breeding, captive management, conservation, husbandry

2018

Effects of acute corticosterone treatment on male prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster): Territorial aggression does not accompany induced social preference

Authors: Dimitri V Blondel, Steven M Phelps

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: corticosterone, microtus ochrogaster, monogamy, prairie vole, stress

2016

A preference to bond? Male prairie voles form pair bonds even in the presence of multiple receptive females

Authors: Tomica D. Blocker, Alexander G. Ophir

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: microtus ochrogaster, monogamy, pair bond, partner preference, selective aggression

2016

Stress impairs new but not established relationships in seasonally social voles

Authors: Allison M. J. Anacker, Kara M. Reitz, Nastacia L. Goodwin, Annaliese K. Beery

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: affiliation, corticosterone, meadow vole, microtus pennsylvanicus, partner preference, seasonality, social behavior, stress

2016

Early bi-parental separation or neonatal paternal deprivation in mandarin voles reduces adult offspring paternal behavior and alters serum corticosterone levels and neurochemistry

Authors: Peng Yu, Hui Zhang, Xibo Li, Fengqin He, Fadao Tai

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: corticosterone, early life environment, mandarin vole (microtus mandarinus), medial preoptic area, nucleus accumbens, paternal behavior

2015

Early rearing experience is associated with vasopressin immunoreactivity but not reactivity to an acute non-social stressor in the prairie vole

Authors: Allison M. Perkeybile, Karen L. Bales

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: biparental care, corticotropin releasing hormone, forced swim test, natural variation, prairie vole, vasopressin

2015

Neuropeptidergic regulation of pair-bonding and stress buffering: Lessons from voles

Authors: Kyle Gobrogge, Zuoxin Wang

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: anxiety, autism, corticotrophin-releasing hormone, depression, dopamine, drug abuse, nucleus accumbens, paraventricular nucleus of the anterior hypothalamus, passive stress-coping, posterior dorsal medial amygdala, social bonding, stress, vasopressin, ventral tegmental area

2015

Social isolation disrupts innate immune responses in both male and female prairie voles and enhances agonistic behavior in female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)

Authors: Melissa-Ann L. Scotti, Elizabeth D. Carlton, Gregory E. Demas, Angela J. Grippo

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: aggression, ch50, corticosterone, hemolytic complement, microtus ochrogaster, psychosocial stress

2015

The effect of alloparental experience and care on anxiety-like, social and parental behaviour in adult mandarin voles

Authors: Ruiyong Wu, Zhenzhen Song, Fadao Tai, Xiaolei An, Peng Yu, Yani Li

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: aggression, alloparental care, alloparental experience, anxiety-like behaviour, early development, locomotor-activity, mandarin vole, microtus mandarinus, parental behaviour, social behaviour

2013

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