ArticleHormones and behavior2016
Developmental effects of vasotocin and nonapeptide receptors on early social attachment and affiliative behavior in the zebra finch.
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- Effects of intracerebroventricular arginine vasotocin on a female amphibian proceptive behavior.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2019Article
- Identification of avian vasotocin receptor subtype-specific antagonists involved in the stress response of the chicken, Gallus gallus.Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics · 2019Article
- Nonapeptide Receptor Distributions in Promising Avian Models for the Neuroecology of Flocking.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2018Article
- Early life manipulations of vasopressin-family peptides alter vocal learning.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2017Article
- Arginine Vasopressin Effects on Subjective Judgments and Neural Responses to Same and Other-Sex Faces in Men and Women.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2017Article
- Dose-Dependent and Lasting Influences of Intranasal Vasopressin on Face Processing in Men.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2017Article
- Sensitive Periods, Vasotocin-Family Peptides, and the Evolution and Development of Social Behavior.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2017Review
- Early Life Manipulations of the Nonapeptide System Alter Pair Maintenance Behaviors and Neural Activity in Adult Male Zebra Finches.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2016Article
- Vasotocin influences mother-offspring associations in a facultatively family-living lizard.Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral EcologyArticle
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Abstract
Zebra finches demonstrate selective affiliation between juvenile offspring and parents, which, like affiliation between pair partners, is characterized by proximity, vocal communication and contact behaviors. This experiment tested the hypothesis that the nonapeptide arginine vasotocin (AVT, avian homologue of vasopressin) and nonapeptide receptors play a role prior to fledging in the development of affiliative behavior. Zebra finch hatchlings of both sexes received daily intracranial injections (post-hatch days 2-8) of either AVT, Manning Compound (MC, a potent V1a receptor antagonist) or saline (vehicle control). The social development of both sexes was assessed by measuring responsiveness to isolation from the family and subsequent reunion with the male parent after fledging. In addition, we assessed the changes in affiliation with the parents, unfamiliar males, and unfamiliar females each week throughout juvenile development. Compared to controls, MC subjects showed decreased attachment to the parents and MC males did not show the normal increase in affiliative interest in opposite sex individuals as they reached reproductive maturity. In contrast, AVT subjects showed a sustained affiliative interest in parents throughout development, and males showed increased interest in opposite sex conspecifics as they matured. These results provide the first evidence suggesting that AVT and nonapeptide receptors play organizational roles in social development in a bird.
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