So love is more complicated after all.
"A study published on 27 January in Neuron1 challenges decades of research that suggests a protein that detects the ‘love hormone’ oxytocin is responsible for the voles’ domestic bliss. Using CRISPR gene-editing, researchers found that prairie voles lacking the protein were still responsible parents & still formed monogamous relationships."

#Notjust_oxytocin
#CRISPR #PrairieVoles

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00197-9#:~:text=27%20January%202023-,CRISPR%20voles%20can't%20detect%20'love%20hormone'%20oxytocin%20%E2%80%94,mates%20and%20cared%20for%20pups.&text=The%20humble%20prairie%20vole%20(Microtus,its%20unusual%20commitment%20to%20family.

Referenced link: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-02-prairie-voles-born-c-section-bond.html
Discuss on https://discu.eu/q/https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-02-prairie-voles-born-c-section-bond.html

Originally posted by Phys.org / @physorg_com: http://nitter.platypush.tech/medical_xpress/status/1626645559011426304#m

RT by @physorg_com: #Prairievoles born via #C-section can't bond: Is birth key to how we love and relate? @uva https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0018506X23000120 https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-02-prairie-voles-born-c-section-bond.html

Nice summary & discussion on the new findings that #PrairieVoles lacking #oxytocin receptors still bonded with mates and cared for pups (summarised as "#social #attachment"). The story about the "#love #hormone" was, obviously, too simple to be true...!

"The wiring for attachment is so important,” he [Devanand Manoli] says. “It would be a little surprising if there were a single point of failure.”

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00197-9