AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 22 -- The University of Texas at Austin issued the following news release:
AUSTIN, Texas - How does sex relate to lasting love? To answer that question, scientists have long studied a small Midwestern rodent called the prairie vole, one of the few mammals known to form long-term, monogamous relationships.
A team of researchers including Steven Phelps of The University of Texas at Austin has created the first brainwide map of regions that are active in prairie voles during mating and pair bonding. The researchers found that bonding voles experience a storm of brain activity distributed across 68 distinct brain regions that make up seven brainwide circuits. The brain activity correlates with three stages of behavior: mat...