ArticleEndocrinology2011
Neural distribution of vasotocin receptor mRNA in two species of songbird.
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- A journey from speech to dance through the field of oxytocin.Comprehensive psychoneuroendocrinology · 2023Review
- Oxytocin receptor antagonism during early vocal learning reduces song preference and imitation in zebra finches.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- The neural distribution of the avian homologue of oxytocin, mesotocin, in two songbird species, the zebra finch and the canary: A potential role in song perception and production.The Journal of comparative neurology · 2022Article
- Oxytocin receptor expression patterns in the human brain across development.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2022Article
- Oxytocin-like receptor expression in evolutionarily conserved nodes of a vocal network associated with male courtship in a teleost fish.The Journal of comparative neurology · 2022Article
- Oxytocin variation and brain region-specific gene expression in a domesticated avian species.Genes, brain, and behavior · 2022Article
- Expression of oxytocin receptors in the zebra finch brain during vocal development.Developmental neurobiology · 2022Article
- Vasoactive intestinal peptide as a mediator of the effects of a supergene on social behaviour.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2020Article
- A chromosomal inversion predicts the expression of sex steroid-related genes in a species with alternative behavioral phenotypes.Molecular and cellular endocrinology · 2019Article
- In situ localization of vasotocin receptor gene transcripts in the brain-pituitary-gonadal axis of the catfish Heteropneustes fossilis: a morpho-functional study.Fish physiology and biochemistry · 2019Article
- Evolution of Pallial Areas and Networks Involved in Sociality: Comparison Between Mammals and Sauropsids.Frontiers in physiology · 2019Article
- Nonapeptide Receptor Distributions in Promising Avian Models for the Neuroecology of Flocking.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2018Article
- A hypothesis on a role of oxytocin in the social mechanisms of speech and vocal learning.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2017Review
- Early life manipulations of vasopressin-family peptides alter vocal learning.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2017Article
- Oxytocin and vasopressin neural networks: Implications for social behavioral diversity and translational neuroscience.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2017Review
- Sensitive Periods, Vasotocin-Family Peptides, and the Evolution and Development of Social Behavior.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2017Review
- Genoarchitecture of the extended amygdala in zebra finch, and expression of FoxP2 in cell corridors of different genetic profile.Brain structure & function · 2017Article
- Developmental effects of vasotocin and nonapeptide receptors on early social attachment and affiliative behavior in the zebra finch.Hormones and behavior · 2016Article
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Abstract
The neurohypophyseal hormones vasopressin and oxytocin are produced and released within the mammalian brain, where they act via multiple receptor subtypes. The neural distributions of these receptors, for example, V1a and oxytocin receptors, have been well described in many mammals. In birds, the distribution of binding sites for the homologous neuropeptides, vasotocin (VT) and mesotocin, has been studied in several species by using synthetic radioligands designed to bind to mammalian receptors. Such binding studies, however, may not reveal the specific distributions of each receptor subtype. To identify and map the receptors likely to bind VT and mesotocin, we generated partial cDNA sequences for four VT receptor subtypes, VT1, VT2 (V1b), VT3 (oxytocin-like), and VT4 (V1a), in white-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) and zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). These genes shared high sequence identity with the homologous avian and mammalian neurohypophyseal peptide receptors, and we found evidence for VT1, VT3, and VT4 receptor mRNA expression throughout the brains of both species. As has been described in rodents, there was striking interspecific and intraspecific variation in the densities and distribution of these receptors. For example, whereas the VT1 receptor mRNA was more widespread in zebra finch brain, the VT3 (oxytocin-like) receptor mRNA was more prevalent in the sparrow brain. Although VT2 (V1b) receptor mRNA was abundant in the pituitary, it was not found in the brain. Because of their association with brain regions implicated in social behavior, the VT1, VT3, and VT4 receptors are all likely candidates for mediating the behavioral effects of VT.
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