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Vasopressin and Oxytocin Reduce Food Sharing Behavior in Male, but Not Female Marmosets in Family Groups

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in endocrinology, July 2017
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Title
Vasopressin and Oxytocin Reduce Food Sharing Behavior in Male, but Not Female Marmosets in Family Groups
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Frontiers in endocrinology, July 2017
DOI 10.3389/fendo.2017.00181
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Authors

Jack H. Taylor, Allison A. Intorre, Jeffrey A. French

Abstract

Oxytocin (OT) is critical for lactation and maternal care, but OT and the related nonapeptide vasopressin are important for caregiving behaviors in fathers and alloparents as well. This experiment tested the effects of vasopressin and OT on food sharing in marmoset families. We treated caregivers (parents, siblings) with intranasal vasopressin, OT, or saline, and then paired them with the youngest marmoset in the family. Caregivers were given preferred food, and then observed for food sharing and aggressive behavior with young marmosets. OT reduced food sharing from male alloparents to youngest siblings, and fathers that received vasopressin refused to share food with their youngest offspring more often than when treated with OT. Vasopressin increased aggressive vocalizations directed toward potential food recipients in all classes of caregivers. These results indicate that vasopressin and OT do not always enhance prosocial behavior: modulation of food sharing depends on both sex and parental status.

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Unknown 46 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 12 26%
Student > Master 7 15%
Researcher 4 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 7%
Professor > Associate Professor 3 7%
Other 6 13%
Unknown 11 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 17%
Neuroscience 8 17%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 9%
Psychology 4 9%
Business, Management and Accounting 2 4%
Other 5 11%
Unknown 15 33%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 August 2017.
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#15,309,599
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Outputs from Frontiers in endocrinology
#3,421
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#171,541
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Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in endocrinology
#39
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