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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Front Neuroendocrinol. 2010 Feb 19;31(2):217–231. doi: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2010.02.003

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Schematic representation of the proposed circuitry for pair bonding in female prairie voles. Various sensory stimuli ultimately result in dopaminergic and peptidergic release at the level of the nucleus accumbens, thereby positioning the nucleus accumbens in an optimal anatomical location to act as a coincidence detector for pair bond formation [226]. DA, dopamine; MeA, medial amygdala; NAc, nucleus accumbens; NTS, nucleus tractus solitarius; PAG, periaqueductal gray; PFC, prefrontal cortex; PVN, paraventricular nucleus; VTA, ventral tegmental area.