In this Dissertation, I detail how dopamine within the nucleus accumbens regulates social attachment. I first describe our animal model for social attachment, the monogamous prairie vole, and our experimental methods. I then present two studies assessing the manner in which extracellular dopamine regulates pair bond formation and maintenance in the prairie vole. Next, I describe the intracellular regulation of this behavior. These studies are followed by a detailed comparison of dopamine neuroanatomy between the monogamous prairie vole and a closely related but non-monogamous species of vole. Finally, I provide a general discussion of these findings and related them to dopamine regulation of other behaviors. / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Psychology in partial fulfillment of
the Requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / Degree Awarded: Summer Semester, 2004. / Date of Defense: June 28, 2004. / Monogamy, neuroscience, pair bonds / Includes bibliographical references. / Zuoxin Wang, Professor Directing Dissertation; Thomas A. Houpt, Outside Committee Member; Friedrich K. Stephan, Committee Member; Michael Meredith, Committee Member; Mark H. Licht, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_168073 |
| Contributors | Aragona, Brandon James (authoraut), Wang, Zuoxin (professor directing dissertation), Houpt, Thomas A. (outside committee member), Stephan, Friedrich K. (committee member), Meredith, Michael (committee member), Licht, Mark H. (committee member), Department of Psychology (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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