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The V1a Vasopressin Receptor Is Necessary and Sufficient for Normal Social Recognition: A Gene Replacement Study
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Vasopressin modulates many social and nonsocial behaviors, including emotionality. We have previously reported that male mice with a null mutation in the V1a receptor (V1aR) exhibit a profound impairment in social recognition and changes in anxiety-like behavior. Using site-specific injections of a V1aR-specific antagonist, we demonstrate that the lateral septum, but not the medial amygdala, is critical for social recognition. Reexpressing V1aR in the lateral septum of V1aR knockout mice (V1aRKO) using a viral vector resulted in a complete rescue of social recognition. Furthermore, overexpression of the V1aR in the lateral septum of wild-type (wt) mice resulted in a potentiation of social recognition behavior and a mild increase in anxiety-related behavior. These results demonstrate that the V1aR in the lateral septum plays a critical role in the neural processing of social stimuli required for complex social behavior.
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“social discrimination is a complex behavior, and several other signaling molecules have been shown to play a role in social discrimination, including oxytocin [35–37] and arginine vasopressin [24, 38–40].”
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“AVP expression within the bed nucleus of the striaterminalis (BST) and the centromedial amygdala (CMA) is known to be involved in a number of social behaviors, [18][19][20] including social play behavior.21”
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“Mice with reduced AVP release in the LS, or that are lacking AVP V1aR entirely, have similarly selective deficits in social memory, and re-introduction of AVP or V1aR respectively in the LS results in rescue of social memory (Bielsky et al 2004; Bielsky et al 2005; Lukas et al 2011).”
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“For example, mice with impairments in either system show deficits in distinguishing between familiar and novel conspecifics (74,94,95).”
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“For example, BNST AVP cell ablation impairs social recognition in males, likely through its projection to the LS (94, 108, 109), and restoration of BNST-LS AVP signaling in Magel2-KO mice ameliorated social discrimination deficits (110).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Bielsky, I. F., Hu, S.-B., Ren, X., Terwilliger, E. F., & Young, L. J.
- Affiliations
- Emory University (US)
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
- Corresponding author
- Bielsky, Isadora F.
- ORCID
- Young, Larry J.
- Venue
- Neuron
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2005-08
- Volume
- 47
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 503-513
- ISSN
- 0896-6273 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2058147277
- Cited by
- 367
- References
- 64
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 15 · 2018: 18 · 2017: 19 · 2016: 18 · 2015: 19 · 2014: 20 · 2013: 24 · 2012: 18
- FWCI
- 27.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Neuron (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (1f31mh070112-01)
- National Institute of Mental Health (MH-64692, K02MH064692, MH 56897, MH070112, R01MH056538, MH056538)
- National Center for Research Resources (RR-00 165, P51RR000165)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Sensory Systems › Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Keywords
- vasopressin V1a receptor, social recognition, lateral septum, medial amygdala, gene replacement, anxiety-like behavior, emotionality, social behavior
- MeSH terms
- Amygdala, Animals, Anxiety Disorders, Behavior, Animal, Female, Genetic Vectors, Habituation, Psychophysiologic, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mutation, Septal Nuclei, Sexual Behavior, Animal, Smell, Social Behavior, Transfection, Receptors, Vasopressin, Mice, Knockout, Recognition, Psychology, Mice, Antidiuretic Hormone Receptor Antagonists
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