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Sexual dimorphism in striatal dopaminergic responses promotes monogamy in social songbirds

In many songbird species, males sing to attract females and repel rivals. How can gregarious, non-territorial songbirds such as zebra finches, where females have access to numerous males, sustain monogamy? We found that the dopaminergic reward circuitry of zebra finches can simultaneously promote so...

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Autores principales: Tokarev, Kirill, Hyland Bruno, Julia, Ljubičić, Iva, Kothari, Paresh J, Helekar, Santosh A, Tchernichovski, Ofer, Voss, Henning U
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5584986/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28826502
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.25819