Bulk RNA-seq data from the nucleus accumbens of female and male prairie voles

As relationships mature, pairs share common goals, improve their ability to work together, and experience coordinated emotions. However, the neural underpinnings responsible for this unique, pair-specific experience remain largely unexplored.

Here, we examined the transcriptional landscape of the nucleus accumbens (NAc), a brain region extensively implicated in social bonding, in socially monogamous prairie voles in long-term peer or mating-based relationships.