Neuroendocrinology of social behavior

ILAR Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-14

  Adkins Regan, Elizabeth ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Hormones; Oxytocin family peptides; Pairing; Prairie vole; Social monogamy; Sociality; Territoriality; Zebra fi nch

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; EQUUS SUBG. HIPPOTIGRIS; ESTRILDIDAE; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; MURIDAE; RODENTIA; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

NEUROPEPTIDE; OXYTOCIN; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARVICOLINAE; FEMALE; FINCH; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; NEUROSECRETION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FINCHES; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; OXYTOCIN; PAIR BOND; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 75649092251     PISSN: 10842020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ilar.50.1.5     Document Type: Article

References (78)

1. Adkins-Regan E. 2005. Tactile contact is required for early estrogen treatment to alter the sexual partner preference of female zebra finches. Horm Behav 48:180-186.
2. Adkins-Regan E, Abdelnabi M, Mobarak M, Ottinger MA. 1990. Sex steroid levels in developing and adult male and female zebra finches (Poephila guttata). Gen Comp Endocrinol 78:93-109.
3. Adkins-Regan E, Ascenzi M. 1987. Social and sexual behaviour of male and female zebra finches treated with oestradiol during the nestling period. Anim Behav 35:1100-1112.
4. Adkins-Regan E, Krakauer A. 2000. Removal of adult males from the rearing environment increases preference for same sex partners in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). Anim Behav 60:47-53.
5. Adkins-Regan E, Leung CH. 2006. Sex steroids modulate changes in social and sexual preference during juvenile development in zebra finches. Horm Behav 50:772-778.
6. Adkins-Regan E, Wade J. 2001. Masculinized sexual partner preference in female zebra finches with sex-reversed gonads. Horm Behav 39:22-28.
7. Albers HE, Bamshad M. 1998. Role of vasopressin and oxytocin in the control of social behavior in Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus). Prog Brain Res 119:395-408.
8. Aragona BJ, Liu Y, Yu YJ, Curtis JT, Detwiler JM, Insel TR, Wang Z. 2006. Nucleus accumbens dopamine differentially mediates the formation and maintenance of monogamous pair bonds. Nat Neurosci 9:133-139.
9. Aragona BJ, Wang Z. 2004. The prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster): An animal model for behavioral neuroendocrine research. ILAR J 45: 35-45.
10. Arnold AP, Schlinger BA. 1993. Sexual differentiation of brain and behavior: The zebra finch is not just a fl ying rat. Brain Behav Evol 42:231-241.
11. Asher MR, De Oliveira ES, Sachser N. 2004. Social system and spatial organization of wild Guinea pigs (Cavia aperea) in a natural population. J Mammal 85:788-796.
12. Ball GF, Balthazart J. 2004. Hormonal regulation of brain circuits mediating male sexual behavior in birds. Physiol Behav 83:329-346.
13. Ball GF, Ketterson ED. 2008. Sex differences in the response to environmental cues regulating seasonal reproduction in birds. Philos Trans R Soc B 363:231-246.
14. Balthazart J, Adkins-Regan E. 2002. Sexual differentiation of brain and behavior in birds. In: Pfaff D, Arnold AP, Etgen AM, Fahrbach SE, Rubin RT, eds. Hormones, Brain and Behavior, Vol 4. San Diego: Academic Press. p 223-301.
15. Bharati IS, Goodson JL. 2006. Fos responses of dopamine neurons to sociosexual stimuli in male zebra finches. Neurosci 143:661-670.
16. Breuner CW, Hahn TP. 2003. Integrating stress physiology, environmental change, and behavior in free-living sparrows. Horm Behav 43:115-123.
17. Carter CS. 1998. Neuroendocrine perspectives on social attachment and love. Psychoneuroendocrinol 23:779-818.
18. Clayton NS. 1990. Mate choice and pair formation in Timor and Australian mainland zebra finches. Anim Behav 39:474-480.
19. Clutton-Brock T. 2002. Behavioral ecology-Breeding together: Kin selection and mutualism in cooperative vertebrates. Science 296:69-72.
20. Cushing BS, Okorie U, Young LJ. 2003. The effects of neonatal castration on the subsequent behavioural response to centrally administered arginine vasopressin and the expression of V1a receptors in adult male prairie voles. J Neuroendocrinol 15:1021-1026.
21. De Vries AC, De Vries MB, Taymans S, Carter CS. 1995. Modulation of pair bonding in female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) by corticosterone. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 92:7744-7748.
22. De Vries AC, De Vries MB, Taymans SE, Carter CS. 1996. The effects of stress on social preferences are sexually dimorphic in prairie voles. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 93:11980-11984.
23. De Vries GJ, Miller MA. 1998. Anatomy and function of extrahypothalamic vasopressin systems in the brain. Prog Brain Res 119:3-20.
24. De Vries GJ, Panzica GC. 2006. Sexual differentiation of central vasopressin and vasotocin systems in vertebrates: Different mechanisms, similar endpoints. Neurosci 138:947-955.
25. Dunlap KD, Pelczar PL, Knapp R. 2002. Social interactions and cortisol treatment increase the production of aggressive electrocommunication signals in male electric fish, Apteronotus leptorhynchus. Horm Behav 42:97-108.
26. Durstewitz D, Kröner S, Güntürkün O. 1999. The dopaminergic innervation of the avian telencephalon. Prog Neurobiol 59:161-195.
27. Forlano PM, Schlinger BA, Bass AH. 2006. Brain aromatase: New lessons from non-mammalian model systems. Front Neuroendocrinol 27:247-274.
28. Gingrich B, Liu Y, Cascio C, Wang Z, Insel TR. 2000. Dopamine D2 receptors in the nucleus accumbens are important for social attachment in female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster). Behav Neurosci 114:173-183.
29. Goodson JL. 1998a. Territorial aggression and dawn song are modulated by septal vasotocin and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide in male field sparrows (Spizella pusilla). Horm Behav 34:67-77.
30. Goodson JL. 1998b. Vasotocin and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide modulate aggression in a territorial songbird, the violet-eared waxbill (Estrildidae: Uraeginthus granatina). Gen Comp Endocrinol 111:233-244.
31. Goodson JL. 2005. The vertebrate social behavior network: Evolutionary themes and variations. Horm Behav 48:11-22.
32. Goodson JL, Adkins-Regan E. 1999. Effect of intraseptal vasotocin and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide infusions on courtship song and aggression in the male zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). J Neuroendocrinol 11:19-25.
33. Goodson JL, Bass AH. 2001. Social behavior functions and related anatomical characteristics of vasotocin/vasopressin systems in vertebrates. Brain Res Rev 35:246-265.
34. Goodson JL, Eibach R, Sakata J, Adkins-Regan E. 1999. Effect of septal lesions on male song and aggression in the colonial zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) and the territorial field sparrow (Spizella pusilla). Behav Brain Res 98:167-180.
35. Goodson JL, Evans AK, Lindberg L, Allen CD. 2005. Neuro-evolutionary patterning of sociality. Proc R Soc B 272:227-235.
36. Goodson JL, Evans AK, Wang Y. 2006. Neuropeptide binding reflects convergent and divergent evolution in species-typical group sizes. Horm Behav 50:223-236.
37. Goodson JL, Lindberg L, Johnson P. 2004. Effects of central vasotocin and mesotocin manipulations on social behavior in male and female zebra finches. Horm Behav 45:136-143.
38. Goodson JL, Wang Y. 2006. Valence-sensitive neurons exhibit divergent functional profi les in gregarious and asocial species. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:17013-17017.
39. Gowaty PA. 1985. Multiple parentage and apparent monogamy in birds. In: Gowaty PA, Mock DW, eds. Avian Monogamy (Ornithological Monograph No. 37). Washington: American Ornithologists' Union.
40. Gowaty PA, Anderson WW, Bluhm CK, Drickamer LC, Kim YK, Moore AJ. 2007. The hypothesis of reproductive compensation and its assumptions about mate preferences and offspring viability. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:15023-15027.
41. Griffi th SC, Owens IP, Thuman KA. 2002. Extra pair paternity in birds: A review of interspecifi c variation and adaptive function. Mol Ecol 11:2195-2212.
42. Hagelin JC. 2007. Odors and chemical signaling. In: Jamieson BGM, ed. Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Birds, Part B: Sexual Selection, Behavior, Conservation, Embryology, Genetics. Enfield NH: Science Publishers. p 75-119.
43. Hennessy MB, Hornschuh G, Kaiser S, Sachser N. 2006. Cortisol responses and social buffering: A study throughout the life span. Horm Behav 49:383-390.
44. Insel TR, Hulihan TJ. 1995. A gender-specifi c mechanism for pair bonding: Oxytocin and partner preference formation in monogamous voles. Behav Neurosci 109:782-789.
45. Insel TR, Wang ZX, Ferris CF. 1994. Patterns of brain vasopressin receptor distribution associated with social organization in microtine rodents. J Neurosci 14:5381-5392.
46. Insel TR, Preston S, Winslow JT. 1995. Mating in the monogamous male: Behavioral consequences. Physiol Behav 57:615-627.
47. Kelliher KR, Wersinger SR. 2008. Olfactory regulation of the sexual behavior and reproductive physiology of the laboratory mouse: Effects and neural mechanisms. ILAR J 50:28-42.
48. Li X-C, Wang X-J, Tannenhauser J, Podell S, Mukherjee P, Hertel M, Biane J, Masuda S, Nottebohm F, Gaasterland T. 2007. Genomic resources for songbird research and their use in characterizing gene expression during brain development. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:6834-6839.
49. Lim MM, Wang Z, Olazábal DE, Ren X, Terwilliger EF, Young LJ. 2004. Enhanced partner preference in a promiscuous species by manipulating the expression of a single gene. Nature 429:754-757.
50. Lim MM, Liu Y, Ryabinin AE, Bai Y, Wang Z, Young LJ. 2007. CRF receptors in the nucleus accumbens modulate partner preference in prairie voles. Horm Behav 51:508-515.
51. Lisk RD, Nachtigall MJ. 1988. Estrogen regulation of agonistic and proceptive responses in the golden hamster. Horm Behav 22:35-48.
52. Liu Y, Curtis JT, Wang ZX. 2001. Vasopressin in the lateral septum regulates pair bond formation in male prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster). Behav Neurosci 115:910-919.
53. Maney DL, Richardson RD, Wingfield JC. 1997. Central administration of chicken gonadotropin-releasing hormone-II enhances courtship behavior in a female sparrow. Horm Behav 32:11-18.
54. Mansukhani V, Adkins-Regan E, Yang S. 1996. Sexual partner preference in female zebra finches: The role of early hormones and social environment. Horm Behav 30:506-513.
55. Moore FL. 1992. Evolutionary precedents for behavioral actions of oxytocin and vasopressin. Ann N Y Acad Sci 652:156-165.
56. Newman SW. 2002. Pheromonal signals access the medial extended amygdala: One node in a proposed social behavior network. In: Pfaff DW, Arnold AP, Etgen AM, Fahrbach SE, Rubin RT, eds. Hormones, Brain and Behavior, Vol 2. Amsterdam: Academic Press (Elsevier). p 17-32.
57. Remage-Healey L, Adkins-Regan E, Romero LM. 2003. Behavioral and adrenocortical responses to mate separation and reunion in the zebra finch. Horm Behav 43:108-114.
58. Riters LV, Baillien M, Eens M, Pinxten R, Foidart A, Ball GF, Balthazart J. 2001. Seasonal variation in androgen-metabolizing enzymes in the diencephalon and telencephalon of the male European starling (Sturnus vulgaris). J Neuroendocrinol 13:985-997.
59. Romero LM. 2002. Seasonal changes in plasma glucocorticoid concentrations in free-living vertebrates. Gen Comp Endocrinol 128:1-24.
60. Rubenstein DR, Lovette IJ. 2007. Temporal environmental variability drives the evolution of cooperative breeding in birds. Curr Biol 17:1414-1419.
61. Schlinger BA, Arnold AP. 1992. Circulating estrogens in a male songbird originate in the brain. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 89:7650-7653.
62. Silcox AP, Evans SM. 1982. Factors affecting the formation and maintenane of pair bonds in the zebra finch, Taeniopygia guttata. Anim Behav 30:1237-1243.
63. Silk JB. 2007. The adaptive value of sociality in mammalian groups. Phil Trans R Soc B 362:539-559.
64. Sisk CL, Zehr JL. 2005. Pubertal hormones organize the adolescent brain and behavior. Front Neuroendocrinol 26:163-174.
65. Soma KK. 2006. Testosterone and aggression: Berthold, birds and beyond. J Neuroendocrinol 18:543-551.
66. Tomaszycki ML, Banerjee SB, Adkins-Regan E. 2006. The role of sex steroids in courtship, pairing and pairing behaviors in the socially monogamous zebra finch. Horm Behav 50:141-147.
67. Trainor BC, Kyomen HH, Marler CA. 2006. Estrogenic encounters: How interactions between aromatase and the environment modulate aggression. Front Neuroendocrinol 27:170-179.
68. Trainor BC, Marler CA. 2002. Testosterone promotes paternal behaviour in a monogamous mammal via conversion to oestrogen. Proc R Soc B 269:823-829.
69. Tsutsui K, Matsunaga M, Miyabara H, Ukena K. 2006. Neurosteroid biosynthesis in the quail brain: A review. J Exp Zool A 305:733-742.
70. Wada K, Howard JT, McConnell P, Whitney O, Lints T, Rivas MV, Horita H, Patterson MA, White SA, Scharff C, Haesler S, Zhao S, Sakaguchi H, Hagiwara M, Shiraki T, Hirozane-Kishikawa T, Skene P, Hayashizaki Y, Carninci P, Jarvis ED. 2006. A molecular neuroethological approach for identifying and characterizing a cascade of behaviorally regulated genes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:15212-15217.
71. Wang Z, Aragona BJ. 2004. Neurochemical regulation of pair bonding in male prairie voles. Physiol Behav 83:319-328.
72. Williams JR, Catania KC, Carter CS. 1992. Development of partner preferences in female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster): The role of social and sexual experience. Horm Behav 26:339-349.
73. Williams JR, Insel TR, Harbaugh CR, Carter CS. 1994. Oxytocin administered centrally facilitates formation of a partner preference in female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster). J Neuroendocrinol 6:247-250.
74. Winslow JT, Hastings N, Carter CS, Harbaugh CR, Insel TR. 1993. A role for central vasopressin in pair bonding in monogamous prairie voles. Nature 365:545-548.
75. Witt DM. 1997. Regulatory mechanisms of oxytocin-mediated sociosexual behavior. Ann N Y Acad Sci 807:287-301.
76. Young LJ, Murphy Young AZ, Hammock EA. 2005. Anatomy and neurochemistry of the pair bond. J Comp Neurol 493:51-57.
77. Young LJ, Nilsen R, Waymire KG, MacGregor GR, Insel TR. 1999. Increased affiliative response to vasopressin in mice expressing the V1a receptor from a monogamous vole. Nature 400:766-768.
78. Zann RA. 1996. The Zebra Finch. Oxford UK: Oxford University Press.