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Song-associated reward correlates with endocannabinoid-related gene expression in male European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris).
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- Sexually-motivated song correlates with opioid- and dopamine-related gene expression in the rostral nucleus accumbens of male European starlings.Behavioural brain research · 2026Article
- Evidence that flocking behavior is rewarded by singing, flock mates, and mu opioid receptors in the nucleus accumbens.PloS one · 2025Article
- Distinct patterns of activity within columns of the periaqueductal gray are associated with functionally distinct birdsongs.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2023Article
- Distinct patterns of gene expression in the medial preoptic area are related to gregarious singing behavior in European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris).BMC neuroscience · 2023Article
- The medial preoptic area and its projections to the ventral tegmental area and the periaqueductal gray are activated in response to social play behavior in juvenile rats.Behavioral neuroscience · 2023Article
- The motivation to flock correlates with vocal-social behaviors and dopamine-related gene expression in male European starlings.Hormones and behavior · 2023Article
- Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) increases undirected singing behavior and alters dopaminergic regulation of undirected song in non-breeding male European starlings (Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
- Using seasonality and birdsong to understand mechanisms underlying context-appropriate shifts in social motivation and reward.Hormones and behavior · 2022Review
- Differences in dopamine and opioid receptor ratios in the nucleus accumbens relate to physical contact and undirected song in pair-bonded zebra finches.Behavioral neuroscience · 2022Article
- Mu opioid receptor stimulation in the medial preoptic area or nucleus accumbens facilitates song and reward in flocking European starlings.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- Contribution of Endocannabinoids to Intrinsic Motivation for Undirected Singing in Adult Zebra Finches.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- Birdsong and the Neural Regulation of Positive Emotion.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Review
- Immunolabeling Provides Evidence for Subregions in the Songbird Nucleus Accumbens and Suggests a Context-Dependent Role in Song in Male European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris).Brain, behavior and evolution · 2021Article
- Mu opioid receptors in the medial preoptic area govern social play behavior in adolescent male rats.Genes, brain, and behavior · 2020Article
- Endogenous opioids facilitate intrinsically-rewarded birdsong.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Birdsong as a window into language origins and evolutionary neuroscience.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2020Review
- Conditioned place preferences induced by hearing song outside the breeding season relate to neural dopamine DBehavioural brain research · 2019Article
- Song practice as a rewarding form of play in songbirds.Behavioural processes · 2019Review
- Why Do Birds Flock? A Role for Opioids in the Reinforcement of Gregarious Social Interactions.Frontiers in physiology · 2019Review
- An Analysis of Endocannabinoid Concentrations and Mood Following Singing and Exercise in Healthy Volunteers.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2018Article
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Abstract
Vocal communication is required for successful social interactions in numerous species. During the breeding season, songbirds produce songs that are reinforced by behavioral consequences (e.g., copulation). However, some songbirds also produce songs not obviously directed at other individuals. The consequences maintaining or reinforcing these songs are less obvious and the neural mechanisms associated with undirected communication are not well-understood. Previous studies indicate that undirected singing is intrinsically rewarding and mediated by opioid or dopaminergic systems; however, endocannabinoids are also involved in regulating reward and singing behavior. We used a conditioned place preference paradigm to examine song-associated reward in European starlings and quantitative real-time PCR to measure expression of endocannabinoid-related neural markers (CB
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