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Vasopressin cell groups exhibit strongly divergent responses to copulation and male-male interactions in mice

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Ho, Jacqueline M., Murray, John H., Demas, Gregory E., Goodson, James L.·2010·Hormones and Behavior

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Arginine vasopressin (AVP) and its nonmammalian homolog arginine vasotocin influence social behaviors ranging from affiliation to resident-intruder aggression. Although numerous sites of action have been established for these behavioral effects, the involvement of specific AVP cell groups in the brain is poorly understood, and socially elicited Fos responses have not been quantified for many of the AVP cell groups found in rodents. Surprisingly, this includes the AVP population in the posterior part of the medial bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BSTMP), which has been extensively implicated, albeit indirectly, in various aspects of affiliation and other social behaviors. We examined the Fos responses of eight hypothalamic and three extra-hypothalamic AVP-immunoreactive (-ir) cell groups to copulation, nonaggressive male-male interaction, and aggressive male-male interaction in both dominant and subordinate C57BL/6J mice. The BSTMP cells exhibited a response profile that was unlike all other cell groups: from a control baseline of approximately 5% of AVP-ir neurons colocalizing with Fos, colocalization increased significantly to approximately 12% following nonaggressive male-male interaction, and to approximately 70% following copulation. Aggressive interactions did not increase colocalization beyond the level observed in nonaggressive male mice. These results suggest that BSTMP neurons in mice may increase AVP-Fos colocalization selectively in response to affiliation-related stimuli, similar to findings in finches. In contrast, virtually all other cell groups were responsive to negative aspects of interaction, either through elevated AVP-Fos colocalization in subordinate animals, positive correlations of AVP-Fos colocalization with bites received, and/or negative correlations of AVP-Fos colocalization with dominance. These findings greatly expand what is known of the contributions of specific brain AVP cell groups to social behavior.

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  • In mice, bed nucleus of the stria terminalis and medial amygdala vasopressin cells are active during male sexual behavior and knockdown of vasopressin within the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis reduced the number of intromissions and ejaculations in males, but did not alter sexual behavior in females.

    “In mice, BNST and MeA AVP cells are active during male sexual behavior (101, 119) and knockdown of AVP within the BNST reduced the number of intromissions and ejaculations in males, but did not alter sexual behavior in females (91).”

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Authors
Ho, J. M., Murray, J. H., Demas, G. E., & Goodson, J. L.
Affiliations
Indiana University Bloomington (US)
Corresponding author
Ho, Jacqueline M.
Venue
Hormones and Behavior
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2010-08
Volume
58
Issue
3
Pages
368-377
ISSN
0018-506X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2014571160
Cited by
76
References
77
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FWCI
10.01
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Hormones and Behavior (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH062656, R01MH092331)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
Keywords
vasopressin, arginine vasotocin, copulation, male-male interactions, aggression, affiliation, social behavior, dominance, hypothalamic neurons
MeSH terms
Aggression, Animals, Arginine Vasopressin, Copulation, Dominance-Subordination, Hypothalamus, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Septal Nuclei, Social Behavior, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos, Mice

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