Attachment across the lifespan: examining the intersection of pair bonding neurobiology and healthy aging

KM Berendzen, KL Bales, DS Manoli - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2023 - Elsevier
Increasing evidence suggests that intact social bonds are protective against age-related
morbidity, while bond disruption and social isolation increase the risk for multiple age …

Epigenetic aging studies of pair bonding in prairie voles

LL Sailer, A Haghani, JA Zoller, CZ Li, AG Ophir… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The quality of romantic relationships can predict health consequences related to aging. DNA
methylation-based biomarkers of aging accurately estimate chronological age. We …

Aging leads to sex-dependent effects on pair bonding and increased number of oxytocin-producing neurons in monogamous prairie voles

MA Kelberman, KE Winther, YM Medvedeva… - Hormones and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Pair bonds powerfully modulate health, which becomes particularly important when facing
the detrimental effects of aging. To examine the impact of aging on relationship formation …