The nature and frequency of social interactions among free-living prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)

Sexual dimorphism and hormone responsive

Sexual dimorphism and hormone responsiveness in the spinal cord of the socially monogamous prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster)

✍ Melissa M. Holmes; Mutaz Musa; Joseph S. Lonstein; D. Ashley Monks 📂 Article 📅 2009 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 439 KB

## Abstract Prairie voles (__Microtus ochrogaster__) are exceptional among rodents in that many aspects of their brain and behavior are not masculinized by exogenous aromatizable androgens. However, the sexually differentiated endpoints studied to date rely on estrogenic mechanisms in other mammals