Dynamic neuromodulation of aggression by vasotocin: influence of social context and social phenotype in territorial songbirds
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The homologous neuropeptides vasotocin (VT) and vasopressin (VP) influence agonistic behaviours across many taxa, but peptide-behaviour relationships are complex and purportedly species-specific. Putative species-specific effects in songbirds are confounded with context, however, such that territorial species have been tested only in resident-intruder paradigms and gregarious species have been tested only in a mate competition paradigm. Using the territorial violet-eared waxbill (Estrildidae: Uraeginthus granatina), we now show that a V(1a) receptor antagonist reduces male aggression during mate competition (as in gregarious finches), but does not affect resident-intruder aggression in dominant males. However, the V(1a) antagonist disinhibits aggression in less aggressive (typically subordinate) males. These results are consistent with recent data on the activation of different VT cell groups during positive and negative social interactions. Thus, VT influences aggression similarly across territorial and gregarious species, but in context- and phenotype-specific ways that probably reflect the differential activation of discrete VT cell groups.
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Central blockade of the V1aR reduces aggression in dominant male violet-eared waxbills toward an unfamiliar male during mate competition aggression but not during resident-intruder aggression.
“For example, central blockade of the V1aR reduces aggression in dominant male violet-eared waxbills toward an unfamiliar male during mate competition aggression but not during resident-intruder aggression (Goodson et al., 2009).”
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Background
- Authors
- Goodson, J. L., Kabelik, D., & Schrock, S. E.
- Affiliations
- Indiana University Bloomington (US)
- ORCID
- Kabelik, David
- Venue
- Biology Letters
- Publisher
- The Royal Society
- Published
- 2009-06-03
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 554-556
- ISSN
- 1744-9561 (ISSN-L)
- 1744-957X
- PMC
- PMC2781940
- OpenAlex
- W2102629085
- Cited by
- 65
- References
- 18
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- FWCI
- 9.57
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Biology Letters (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (R01 MH 62656, R01MH062656)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology › Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Keywords
- arginine vasotocin, vasopressin, aggression, V1a receptor antagonist, resident-intruder aggression, mate competition, social environment, social phenotype, subordinate males, neuropeptides
- MeSH terms
- Aggression, Animals, Behavior, Animal, Birds, Female, Male, Neuropeptides, Phenotype, Sexual Behavior, Animal, Species Specificity, Vasopressins, Vasotocin, Songbirds
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