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Species, sex and individual differences in the vasotocin/vasopressin system: Relationship to neurochemical signaling in the social behavior neural network
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Arginine-vasotocin (AVT)/arginine vasopressin (AVP) are members of the AVP/oxytocin (OT) superfamily of peptides that are involved in the regulation of social behavior, social cognition and emotion. Comparative studies have revealed that AVT/AVP and their receptors are found throughout the "social behavior neural network (SBNN)" and display the properties expected from a signaling system that controls social behavior (i.e., species, sex and individual differences and modulation by gonadal hormones and social factors). Neurochemical signaling within the SBNN likely involves a complex combination of synaptic mechanisms that co-release multiple chemical signals (e.g., classical neurotransmitters and AVT/AVP as well as other peptides) and non-synaptic mechanisms (i.e., volume transmission). Crosstalk between AVP/OT peptides and receptors within the SBNN is likely. A better understanding of the functional properties of neurochemical signaling in the SBNN will allow for a more refined examination of the relationships between this peptide system and species, sex and individual differences in sociality.
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“ERβ has also been identified as one component of a “four-gene micronet” regulating social recognition (7, 131) via the PVN, amygdala, and olfactory system.”
From Endocrine Disruption of Vasopressin Systems and Related Behaviors (2017) · cites this paper as [7]
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“Although no animal model can fully capture the sophisticated complexity of human social behavior, the neuroendocrine pathways coordinating numerous social traits are highly conserved (7, 42), including the coordinating roles of AVP and OT.”
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“By this model, estradiol simultaneously acts through ERβ in the PVN to increase OT, and ERα in the amygdala to increase OTR expression.”
From Endocrine Disruption of Vasopressin Systems and Related Behaviors (2017) · cites this paper as [7]
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“Different patterns of OT and AVP receptor activation across structures within these networks could contribute to the regulation of the complex behaviors and physiological processes under their control (see [8] for a review).”
From Cross-talk among oxytocin and arginine-vasopressin receptors: Relevance for basic and clinical studies of the brain and periphery (2018) · cites this paper as [8]
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“Vasopressin modulates social communication, social investigation, territorial behavior, and aggression, predominantly in males.”
From Oxytocin, Vasopressin, and Social Behavior: From Neural Circuits to Clinical Opportunities (2022) · cites this paper as [16]
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“whereas central AVP has been shown to regulate social communication, territorial aggression, pair bonding, and mate guarding, especially in males (9,15,16).”
From Oxytocin, Vasopressin, and Social Behavior: From Neural Circuits to Clinical Opportunities (2022) · cites this paper as [16]
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“Vasopressin modulates social communication, social investigation, territorial behavior, and aggression, predominantly in males.”
From Oxytocin, Vasopressin, and Social Behavior: From Neural Circuits to Clinical Opportunities (2022) · cites this paper as [16]
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“Vasopressin modulates social communication, social investigation, territorial behavior, and aggression, predominantly in males.”
From Oxytocin, Vasopressin, and Social Behavior: From Neural Circuits to Clinical Opportunities (2022) · cites this paper as [16]
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“The behavioral effects of AVP are mediated primarily by V1aR (or Avpr1a) and V1bR (16,37,38,49,68), while AVP acts on V2 to regulate fluid homeostasis in the kidney (69).”
From Oxytocin, Vasopressin, and Social Behavior: From Neural Circuits to Clinical Opportunities (2022) · cites this paper as [16]
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“AVP also plays a role in aggression in prairie voles and Syrian hamsters, sometimes in a sex-specific manner.”
From Oxytocin, Vasopressin, and Social Behavior: From Neural Circuits to Clinical Opportunities (2022) · cites this paper as [16]
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“For example, pharmacological studies revealed that AVP in the anterior hypothalamus facilitates intermale aggression both in prairie voles and hamsters (16,43,116), while the opposite effect was found in female hamsters (117).”
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“There is also a growing interest in OT and the related neurohypophyseal nonapetide arginine vasopressin (AVP) and their analogues in the regulation of social behavior beyond the maternal context, including social attachments among adults, social cognition, and aggression”
From Neuropeptide diversity and the regulation of social behavior in New World primates (2016) · cites this paper as Albers, 2015
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“V1a-like receptors are the most common and widely distributed vasopressin receptor in the vertebrate brain (Albers, 2015)”
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“The distribution of OT-ergic and AVP-ergic neurons, and cellular receptors for OT (OTR) and AVP (V1aR, V1bR, V2R) have been well characterized in rodents (Albers, 2015; Johnson and Young, 2015) and other vertebrates (Goodson and Kabelik, 2009; O’Connell and Hofmann, 2012, 2011), and this distribution includes substantial overlap with the social behavior network (SBN; Newman, 1999).”
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“The important role of neuropeptide signaling in regulating a host of behavioral processes in invertebrate and especially vertebrate animals, especially in the social realm, has been firmly established (Albers, 2015; Caldwell and Young III, 2006; Donaldson and Young, 2008; Taghert and Nitabach, 2012; Wircer et al., 2015).”
From Neuropeptide diversity and the regulation of social behavior in New World primates (2016) · cites this paper as Albers, 2015
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“What is particularly interesting about the aforementioned brain nuclei is that many of them are a part of the “social behavioral network,” which is comprised of neuroanatomical areas or “nodes” that are interconnected, express gonadal hormone receptors, appear to be influenced by Oxt, and are important in the regulation of many types of social behaviors (92, 93).”
From Oxytocin during Development: Possible Organizational Effects on Behavior (2015) · cites this paper as [93]
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Metadata
- Authors
- Albers, H. E.
- Affiliations
- Georgia State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Albers, H. Elliott
- ORCID
- Albers, H. Elliott
- Venue
- Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2015-01
- Volume
- 36
- Pages
- 49-71
- ISSN
- 0091-3022 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4317378
- OpenAlex
- W2007630334
- Cited by
- 200
- References
- 334
- Citations by year
- 2026: 17 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 19 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 33 · 2017: 26 · 2016: 24 · 2015: 11
- FWCI
- 2.91
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- NIH
- NSF (IOS-092330)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Sensory Systems › Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
- Keywords
- arginine vasotocin, vasopressin, oxytocin, social behavior, species differences, sex differences, individual differences, volume transmission, CO release, peptide receptors, gonadal hormones, sociality
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Brain, Humans, Individuality, Nerve Net, Sex Characteristics, Social Behavior, Species Specificity, Vasopressins, Vasotocin, Signal Transduction
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