VoleBase

Collecting, curating and sharing resources for vole researchers

[rick joaquin ortiz (richard) is on bluesky @ricky_ortiz]

Off to a new adventure in Chicagoland! I am thrilled to announce that I have accepted an assistant professor position at @NIUlive ! The Ortiz Neuroscience Lab will be starting this fall! I am forever grateful for all of the people that have helped guide me! TEAM PRAIRIE VOLE!

[[email protected] @wmkenkel]

Who runs the world? VOLES

[VoleBase @VoleBase]

https://t.co/IJweCiu8WN
L. reuteri administration alters the gut-brain-behavior axis in a sex-dependent manner in socially monogamous prairie voles

"Females, but not males, treated with live L. reuteri displayed lower levels of social affiliation"

[VoleBase @VoleBase]

Save the date REMINDER!
Vole Meeting 2023
Aug 2 - 5, Boulder, CO
Hosted at University of Colorado Boulder from August 2 - 5. This year, we anticipate being able to provide travel awards and delivering workshops on August 2-3 prior to the full meeting.

[Alexander Ophir @alexophir]

New paper by @LindsaySailer in @CommsBio!

DREADD activation of the lateral septum increases general affiliation for strangers but maintains social selectivity for partners in male #PrairieVoles during a life-history transition in reproductive state

https://t.co/AHyqXfhrPS

[VoleBase @VoleBase]

Check your email, vole researchers! The next Vole Meeting has been scheduled! 🥳

[Dr. Aubrey Kelly @AubreyMKelly]

Heeey prairie vole researchers @VoleBase! Our latest, led by @jeannempowell, examines adult aging and shows that social behavior is plastic not only throughout early development, but also well into adulthood.
https://t.co/luANkkKm0u

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Intranasal oxytocin both reduces ethanol intake (~50%) in male prairie voles AND penetrates the blood brain barrier! Two very cool findings from @ryabininae

https://t.co/kBqX9s7OCd

[[email protected] @wmkenkel]

Prairie voles would never have done this

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Check out the cover of JCN -that’s a vole brain! “Oxytocin receptors are widely distributed in the prairie vole brain” by Kiyoshi Inoue @lyoun03 and colleagues.
https://t.co/lE2voTJGgT

[Manoli Lab @LabManoli]

https://t.co/PrGG8zWkF6
Very excited to share the work of Kristen Berendzen and Ruchira Sharma and our collaborators in the @BalesLab and @Shah_Laboratory Strikingly, we find the oxytocin receptor is NOT required for partner preference or parenting behaviors in prairie voles.

[Rikki Serafina Laser @RikkiSLaser]

As I put my poster together for the @SBNTweets conference, I made some illustrations of prairie voles at four days old, fifteen days old, and adult voles. Feel free to use them :) I have .svg and .ai for most of them as well!

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"Helping behavior in prairie voles: A model of empathy and the importance of oxytocin"

Oxytocin receptor knockout voles: are they jerks?
https://t.co/Tw7gg0cHhv

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Developmental exposure to intranasal vasopressin impacts adult prairie vole spatial memory

By @BioBookworm and @OphirLab https://t.co/RLbutjswIN

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"Effects of a D2 receptor antagonist on repeated pair bond formation in the male prairie vole"

Males voles prefer recent partner over previous. 🚫D2 receptor blocks preference for 2nd partner after loss of 1st but does not preserve preference for 1st.

https://t.co/RsoqinAuQj

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"Social isolation and oxytocin antagonism increase emotion-related behaviors and heart rate in female prairie voles"
by @tangor3d
https://t.co/Or2jnTnoI3

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Petition to replace Punxsutawney Phil with Prairie Phil & Philipa

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Cool @TheAtlantic article on the science of heartbreak featuring @DrZoePhD !
https://t.co/q6r4AaSqUI

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Multi-level effects driving cognitive and behavioral variability among prairie voles: Insights into reproductive decision-making from biological levels of organization

by @OphirLab
https://t.co/fK8Wci53CH

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https://t.co/6CpuqV22pm

"Functional connectivity differences between two culturally distinct prairie vole populations: insights into the prosocial network"

by @ricky_ortiz and colleagues