ReviewFrontiers in neuroendocrinology2012
The role of motivation and reward neural systems in vocal communication in songbirds.
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- Dopamine D1Aa and D2a Receptor Expression in the Auditory System of a Vocal Fish.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
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- Motivational increase of androgens and behavior by infant distress calls in highly responsive common marmoset fathers, Callithrix jacchus.Hormones and behavior · 2022Article
- Using seasonality and birdsong to understand mechanisms underlying context-appropriate shifts in social motivation and reward.Hormones and behavior · 2022Review
- Reciprocal processes of sensory perception and social bonding: an integrated social-sensory framework of social behavior.Genes, brain, and behavior · 2022Review
- Birdsong and the Neural Regulation of Positive Emotion.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Review
- Testosterone Treatment Mimics Seasonal Downregulation of Dopamine Innervation in the Auditory System of Female Midshipman Fish.Integrative and comparative biology · 2021Article
- Neuroendocrine patterns underlying seasonal song and year-round territoriality in male black redstarts.Frontiers in zoology · 2021Article
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- Mu opioid receptors in the medial preoptic area govern social play behavior in adolescent male rats.Genes, brain, and behavior · 2020Article
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Abstract
Many vertebrates are highly motivated to communicate, suggesting that the consequences of communication may be rewarding. Past studies show that dopamine and opioids in the medial preoptic nucleus (mPOA) and ventral tegmental area (VTA) play distinct roles in motivation and reward. In songbirds, multiple lines of recent evidence indicate that the roles of dopamine and opioid activity in mPOA and VTA in male birdsong differ depending upon whether song is used to attract females (sexually-motivated) or is produced spontaneously (undirected). Evidence is reviewed supporting the hypotheses that (1) mPOA and VTA interact to influence the context in which a male sings, (2) distinct patterns of dopamine activity underlie the motivation to produce sexually-motivated and undirected song, (3) sexually-motivated communication is externally reinforced by opioids released as part of social interactions, and (4) undirected communication is facilitated and rewarded by immediate opioid release linked to the act of singing.
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