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Project Element	Element Description
Project Title Project Title	The Interaction of Early Social Experience and Oxytocin and Vasopressin Receptor Gene Variants in Predicting Individual Differences in Adult Social Behavior in Prairie Voles (Microtus Ochrogaster
Principal Investigator Principal Investigator	Ahern, Todd
Description Description	Todd Hancock Ahern, Ph.D., at Quinnipiac University will investigate gene-environment interactions that could result in marked differences in social behaviors. He hypothesizes that early environmental factors, such as differences in family structure, can influence the genes responsible for shaping adult social behaviors. Using prairie voles, a well-established animal model for studying sociability, Dr. Ahern aims to demonstrate how early environmental conditions affect the genes that encode oxytocin and vasopressin receptors, two molecules involved in chemical signaling systems that regulate sociality.
Funder Funder	Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
Funding Country Funding Country	United States
Fiscal Year Funding Fiscal Year Funding	35000
Current Award Period Current Award Period	2016-2019
Strategic Plan Question Strategic Plan Question	Question 3: What Causes ASD, and Can Disabling Aspects of ASD be Prevented or Preempted?
Funder’s Project Link Funder’s Project Link	No URL available.
Institution Institution	Quinnipiac University
Institute Location Institute Location	United States
Project Number Project Number
Government or Private Government or Private	Private
History/Related Projects History/Related Projects	The Interaction of Early Social Experience and Oxytocin and Vasopressin Receptor Gene Variants in Predicting Individual Differences in Adult Social Behavior in Prairie Voles (Microtus Ochrogaster \| 17500 \| 2017 \| The Interaction of Early Social Experience and Oxytocin and Vasopressin Receptor Gene Variants in Predicting Individual Differences in Adult Social Behavior in Prairie Voles (Microtus Ochrogaster \| 0 \| 2018 \| The Interaction of Early Social Experience and Oxytocin and Vasopressin Receptor Gene Variants in Predicting Individual Differences in Adult Social Behavior in Prairie Voles (Microtus Ochrogaster) \| 0 \| 2019 \|

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