Dopamine's role in social modulation of infant isolation-induced vocalization: II. Maternally modulated infant separation responses are regulated by D1- and D2-family dopamine receptors

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 158-172

  Muller, Jeff M ^a,b   Moore, Holly ^a,b   Myers, Michael M ^a,b   Harry, N ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

D1 receptor; D2 receptor; Dopamine; Infant; Isolation vocalization; Maternal potentiation; Rat; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

6 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 7,8 DIHYDROXY 1 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; FLUPENTIXOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAMMAL; MATERNAL POTENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PUP (RODENT); RAT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SURVIVAL; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; FEMALE; MALE; MOTHERS; QUINPIROLE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D1; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; WEANING;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 66149127749     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20355     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. Amsel, A., Radek, C. C., Graham, M., & Letz, R. (1977). Ultrasound emission in infant rats as an indicant of arousal during appetitive learning and extinction. Science, 197(4305), 786-788.
2. Aragona, B. J., Liu, Y., Curtis, J. T., Stephan, F. K., & Wang, Z. (2003). A critical role for nucleus accumbens dopamine in partner-preference formation in male prairie voles. Journal of Neuroscience, 23(8), 3483-3490.
3. Baldo, B. A., Kelley, A. E., Baldo, B. A., & Kelley, A. E. (2007). Discrete neurochemical coding of distinguishable motivational processes: Insights from nucleus accumbens control of feeding. Psychopharmacology, 191(3), 439-459.
4. Bayer, L. E., Brown, A., Mactutus, C. F., Booze, R. M., & Strupp, B. J. (2000). Prenatal cocaine exposure increases sensitivity to the attentional effects of the dopamine D1 agonist SKF81297. Journal of Neuroscience, 20(23), 8902-8908.
5. Blumberg, M. S., Efimova, I. V., & Alberts, J. R. (1992). Ultrasonic vocalizations by rat pups: The primary importance of ambient temperature and the thermal significance of contact comfort. Developmental Psychobiology, 25(4), 229-250.
6. Boyce, S., Smith, D., Carlson, E., Hewson, L., Rigby, M., & O'Donnell, R., et al. (2001). Intra-amygdala injection of the substance P [NK(1) receptor] antagonist L-760735 inhibits neonatal vocalisations in guinea-pigs. Neuropharmacology, 41(1), 130-137.
7. Brunelli, S. A., & Hofer, M. A. (2001). Selective breeding for an infantile phenotype (isolation calling): A window on developmental forces. In: E. M. Blass (Ed.), Developmental Psychobiology. (Vol. 13, pp. 433-482). New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.
8. Brunelli, S. A., Keating, C. C., Hamilton, N. A., & Hofer, M. A. (1996). Development of ultrasonic vocalization responses in genetically heterogeneous National Institute of Health (N:NIH) rats. I. Influence of age, testing experience, and associated factors. Developmental Psychobiology, 29(6), 507-516.
9. Brunelli, S. A., Masmela, J. R., Shair, H. N., & Hofer, M. A. (1998). Effects of biparental rearing on ultrasonic vocalization (USV) responses of rat pups (Rattus norvegicus). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 112(4), 331-343.
10. Brunelli, S. A., Vinocur, D. D., Soo-Hoo, D., & Hofer, M. A. (1997). Five generations of selective breeding for ultrasonic vocalization (USV) responses in N:NIH strain rats. Developmental Psychobiology, 31(4), 255-265.
11. Canales, J. J., & Iversen, S. D. (2000). Dynamic dopamine receptor interactions in the core and shell of nucleus accumbens differentially coordinate the expression of unconditioned motor behaviors. Synapse, 36(4), 297-306.
12. Carden, S. E., & Hofer, M. A. (1990). Socially mediated reduction of isolation distress in rat pups is blocked by naltrexone but not by Ro 15-1788. Behavioral Neuroscience, 104(3), 457-463.
13. Dastur, F. N., McGregor, I. S., & Brown, R. E. (1999). Dopaminergic modulation of rat pup ultrasonic vocalizations. European Journal of Pharmacolology, 382(2), 53-67.
14. Dickinson, A., Smith, J., & Mirenowicz, J. (2000). Dissociation of Pavlovian and instrumental incentive learning under dopamine antagonists. Behavioral Neuroscience, 114(3), 468-483.
15. Dunn, M. J., Futter, D., Bonardi, C., & Killcross, S. (2005). Attenuation of d-amphetamine-induced disruption of conditional discrimination performance by alpha-flupenthixol. Psychopharmacology (Berl), 177(3), 296-306.
16. Farrell, W. J., & Alberts, J. R. (2000). Ultrasonic vocalizations by rat pups after adrenergic manipulations of brown fat metabolism. Behavioral Neuroscience, 114(4), 805-813.
17. Hofer, M. A. (1996). Multiple regulators of ultrasonic vocalization in the infant rat. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 21(2), 203-217.
18. Hofer, M. A., Brunelli, S. A., & Shair, H. N. (1993). Ultrasonic vocalization responses of rat pups to acute separation and contact comfort do not depend on maternal thermal cues. Developmental Psychobiology, 26(2), 81-95.
19. Hofer, M. A., Brunelli, S. A., & Shair, H. N. (1994). Potentiation of isolation-induced vocalization by brief exposure of rat pups to maternal cues. Developmental Psychobiology, 27(8), 503-517.
20. Hofer, M. A., & Shair, H. (1980). Sensory processes in the control of isolation-induced ultrasonic vocalization by 2-week-old rats. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 94(2), 271-279.
21. Hofer, M. A., & Shair, H. N. (1978). Ultrasonic vocalization during social interaction and isolation in 2-week-old rats. Developmental Psychobiology, 11(5), 495-504.
22. Izquierdo, A., Wiedholz, L. M., Millstein, R. A., Yang, R. J., Bussey, T. J., & Saksida, L. M., et al. (2006). Genetic and dopaminergic modulation of reversal learning in a touchscreen-based operant procedure for mice. Behavioral Brain Research, 171(2), 181-188.
23. Jurgens, U. (2002). Neural pathways underlying vocal control. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reveiws, 26(2), 235-258.
24. Kehoe, P., & Boylan, C. B. (1992). Cocaine-induced effects on isolation stress in neonatal rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 106(2), 374-379.
25. Kraebel, K. S., Brasser, S. M., Campbell, J. O., Spear, L. P., & Spear, N. E. (2002). Developmental differences in temporal patterns and potentiation of isolation-induced ultrasonic vocalizations: Influence of temperature variables. Developmental Psychobiology, 40(2), 147-159.
26. McDougall, S. A., Crawford, C. A., & Nonneman, A. J. (1992). Reinforced responding of the 11-day-old rat pup: Synergistic interaction of D1 and D2 dopamine receptors. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 42(1), 163-168.
27. Middlemis-Brown, J. E., Johnson, E. D., & Blumberg, M. S. (2005). Separable brainstem and forebrain contributions to ultrasonic vocalizations in infant rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 119(4), 1111-1117.
28. Moles, A., Kieffer, B. L., & D'Amato, F. R. (2004). Deficit in attachment behavior in mice lacking the mu-opioid receptor gene. Science, 304(5679), 1983-1986.
29. Muller, J. M., Brunelli, S. A., Moore, H., Myers, M. M., & Shair, H. N. (2005). Maternally modulated infant separation responses are regulated by D2-family dopamine receptors. Behavioral Neuroscience, 119(5), 1384-1388.
30. Muller, J. M., Moore, H., Myers, M. M., & Shair, H. N. (2008). Ventral striatum dopamine D2 receptor activity inhibits rat pups' vocalization response to loss of maternal contact. Behavioral Neuroscience, 122(1), 119-128.
31. Newman, J. D. (2007). Neural circuits underlying crying and cry responding in mammals. Behavioral Brain Research, 182(2), 155-165.
32. Phillips, G. D., Howes, S. R., Whitelaw, R. B., Robbins, T. W., & Everitt, B. J. (1995). Analysis of the effects of intraaccumbens SKF-38393 and LY-171555 upon the behavioural satiety sequence. Psychopharmacology (Berl), 117(1), 82-90.
33. Rahman, S., & McBride, W. J. (2001). D1-D2 dopamine receptor interaction within the nucleus accumbens mediates long-loop negative feedback to the ventral tegmental area (VTA). Journal of Neurochemistry, 77(5), 1248-1255.
34. Schultz, W. (2007). Behavioral dopamine signals. Trends in Neurosciences, 30(5), 203-210.
35. Shair, H. N. (2007). Acquisition and expression of a socially mediated separation response. Behavioral Brain Research, 182(2), 180-192.
36. Shair, H. N., Brunelli, S. A., Masmela, J. R., Boone, E., & Hofer, M. A. (2003). Social, thermal, and temporal influences on isolation-induced and maternally potentiated ultrasonic vocalizations of rat pups. Developmental Psychobiology, 42(2), 206-222.
37. Shair, H. N., Muller, J. M., & Moore, H. (in press). Dopamine's role in social modulation of infant isolation-induced vocalization: I. Reunion responses to the dam, but not littermates, are dopamine dependent. Developmental Psychobiology.
38. Smith, J. C., & Sales, D. G. (1980). Ultrasonic behavior and mother-infant interactions in rodents. In: R. W. Bell & W. P. Smotherman (Eds.), Maternal Influences and Early Behavior (pp. 105-134). New York: Spectrum Publications.
39. Stern, J. M., & Lonstein, J. S. (2001). Neural mediation of nursing and related maternal behaviors. Progress in Brain Research, 133, 263-278.
40. Szczypka, M. S., Zhou, Q. Y., & Palmiter, R. D. (1998). Dopamine-stimulated sexual behavior is testosterone dependent in mice. Behavioral Neuroscience, 112(5), 1229-1235.
41. Tinsley, M. R., Rebec, G. V., & Timberlake, W. (2001). Facilitation of efficient search of an unbaited radial-arm maze in rats by D1, but not D2, dopamine receptors. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 70(2-3), 181-186.
42. Walters, J. R., Bergstrom, D. A., Carlson, J. H., Chase, T. N., & Braun, A. R. (1987). D1 dopamine receptor activation required for postsynaptic expression of D2 agonist effects. Science, 236(4802), 719-722.
43. Wang, Z., Yu, G., Cascio, C., Liu, Y., Gingrich, B., & Insel, T. R. (1999). Dopamine D2 receptor-mediated regulation of partner preferences in female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster): A mechanism for pair bonding? Behavioral Neuroscience, 113(3), 602-611.
44. Wickens, J. R., Horvitz, J. C., Costa, R. M., & Killcross, S. (2007). Dopaminergic mechanisms in actions and habits. Journal of Neuroscience, 27(31), 8181-8183.
45. Wiedenmayer, C. P., Goodwin, G. A., & Barr, G. A. (2000). The effect of periaqueductal gray lesions on responses to age-specific threats in infant rats. Brain Research. Developmental Brain Research, 120(2), 191-198.
46. Wiener, S. G., Bayart, F., Faull, K. F., & Levine, S. (1990). Behavioral and physiological responses to maternal separation in squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus). Behavioral Neuroscience, 104(1), 108-115.
47. Winslow, J. T., & Insel, T. R. (1991). Endogenous opioids: Do they modulate the rat pup's response to social isolation? Behavioral Neuroscience, 105(2), 253-263.