ReviewFrontiers in endocrinology2017
Arginine Vasotocin, the Social Neuropeptide of Amphibians and Reptiles.
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- Courtship at reaching-range in the túngara frog.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2026Article
- The Neural Distribution of Vasotocin, Oxytocin, Dopamine, and Serotonin in Two Australian Skinks With Contrasting Social Lives.The Journal of comparative neurology · 2026Article
- Lineage-specific decoupling of arginine vasotocin-evoked aggression in male darters (Percidae: Etheostomatinae).Hormones and behavior · 2026Article
- Unraveling Evolutionary Insights into AVT Peptide Conservation and Antimicrobial Motif Prediction Across Taxa.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- The 'silent' half: diversity, function and the critical knowledge gap on female frog vocalizations.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Review
- A review of the effects of different types of social behaviors on the recruitment of neuropeptides and neurotransmitters in the nucleus accumbens.Frontiers in neuroendocrinology · 2025Review
- Altered vocal communication in adult vasopressin-deficient Brattleboro rats.Physiology & behavior · 2024Article
- Immunolocalization of Aquaporin 1, 2, and 9 in Anuran Testis of the Neotropical Pointedbelly FrogCurrent issues in molecular biology · 2024Article
- Arginine Vasotocin Directly Regulates Spermatogenesis in Adult Zebrafish (International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Neuroendocrine mechanisms contributing to the coevolution of sociality and communication.Frontiers in neuroendocrinology · 2023Review
- Quantifying Sex Differences in Behavior in the Era of "Big" Data.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2022Review
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- Arginine vasotocin affects motivation to call, but not calling plasticity, in Cope's gray treefrog Hyla chrysoscelis.Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology · 2022Article
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- Effects of air pollution exposure on social behavior: a synthesis and call for research.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2021Review
- Novel brain gene-expression patterns are associated with a novel predaceous behaviour in tadpoles.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2021Article
- Activation of Preoptic Arginine Vasopressin Neurons Induces Hyperthermia in Male Mice.Endocrinology · 2021Article
- Effects of intracerebroventricular arginine vasotocin on a female amphibian proceptive behavior.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2019Article
- Sex differences in auditory brainstem response audiograms from vasopressin-deficient Brattleboro and wild-type Long-Evans rats.PloS one · 2019Article
- The role of vasopressin in olfactory and visual processing.Cell and tissue research · 2019Review
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Abstract
Arginine vasotocin (AVT) is the non-mammalian homolog of arginine vasopressin (AVP) and, like vasopressin, serves as an important modulator of social behavior in addition to its peripheral functions related to osmoregulation, reproductive physiology, and stress hormone release. In amphibians and reptiles, the neuroanatomical organization of brain AVT cells and fibers broadly resembles that seen in mammals and other taxa. Both parvocellular and magnocellular AVT-containing neurons are present in multiple populations located mainly in the basal forebrain from the accumbens-amygdala area to the preoptic area and hypothalamus, from which originate widespread fiber connections spanning the brain with a particularly heavy innervation of areas associated with social behavior and decision-making. As for mammalian AVP, AVT is present in greater amounts in males in many brain areas, and its presence varies seasonally, with hormonal state, and in males with differing social status. AVT's social influence is also conserved across herpetological taxa, with significant effects on social signaling and aggression, and, based on the very small number of studies investigating more complex social behaviors in amphibians and reptiles, AVT may also modulate parental care and social bonding when it is present in these vertebrates. Within this conserved pattern, however, both AVT anatomy and social behavior effects vary significantly across species. Accounting for this diversity represents a challenge to understanding the mechanisms by which AVT exerts its behavioral effects, as well are a potential tool for discerning the structure-function relationships underlying AVT's many effects on behavior.
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