There's more to love than a single hormone. That's the conclusion of a study of prairie voles that were genetically altered to ignore signals from the "love hormone" oxytocin. The study, published in ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — What can humans learn about love from other species? A fuzzy little prairie vole led researchers from the University of Texas at Austin to more answers on how to find lasting ...

Share on Pinterest In a study in voles, the so-called love hormone was not necessary to promote pair bonding, but why? Image credit: Anastasia Mihaylova (Shpara)/Stocksy. Previous studies on the role ...

A recent multi-university study involving Stanford researchers found that the presence of the oxytocin hormone receptor is not needed for prairie voles to exhibit social attachment behavior, a species ...

Using cutting-edge gene editing technology researchers have engineered prairie voles with no oxytocin receptors. These notoriously monogamous mammals were thought to rely on oxytocin to form crucial ...

The vital role of oxytocin -- the 'love hormone' -- for social attachments is being called into question. More than forty years of pharmacological and behavioral research has pointed to oxytocin ...

There's more to love than a single hormone. That's the conclusion of a study of prairie voles that were genetically altered to ignore signals from the "love hormone" oxytocin. The study, published in ...

While love doesn’t always conquer all, it can be a potent antidote to addiction, according to a growing body of research. The latest study on the matter examined male prairie vole behavior, finding ...

Rodents are fascinating animals and the more they are studied the more we learn about their concern for others in distress. For example, a study published in 2011 conducted by Inbal Ben-Ami, Jean ...