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Neurogenomic mechanisms of social plasticity

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Cardoso, Sara D., Teles, Magda C., Oliveira, Rui F.·2015·Journal of Experimental Biology

Abstract

Group-living animals must adjust the expression of their social behaviour to changes in their social environment and to transitions between life-history stages, and this social plasticity can be seen as an adaptive trait that can be under positive selection when changes in the environment outpace the rate of genetic evolutionary change. Here, we propose a conceptual framework for understanding the neuromolecular mechanisms of social plasticity. According to this framework, social plasticity is achieved by rewiring or by biochemically switching nodes of a neural network underlying social behaviour in response to perceived social information. Therefore, at the molecular level, it depends on the social regulation of gene expression, so that different genomic and epigenetic states of this brain network correspond to different behavioural states, and the switches between states are orchestrated by signalling pathways that interface the social environment and the genotype. Different types of social plasticity can be recognized based on the observed patterns of inter- versus intra-individual occurrence, time scale and reversibility. It is proposed that these different types of social plasticity rely on different proximate mechanisms at the physiological, neural and genomic level.

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Authors
Cardoso, S. D., Teles, M. C., & Oliveira, R. F.
Affiliations
ISPA - Instituto Universitário (PT)
Corresponding author
Oliveira, Rui F.
Venue
Journal of Experimental Biology
Published
2015-01-01
Volume
218
Issue
1
Pages
140-149
ISSN
  • 0022-0949 (ISSN-L)
  • 1477-9145
OpenAlex
W2149527343
Cited by
106
References
102
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 16 · 2018: 15 · 2017: 14 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 7
FWCI
2.39
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
other-oa
Locations
  • Journal of Experimental Biology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT) (submittedVersion)
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 › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
Keywords
social plasticity, social behavior, neuroplasticity, epigenetics, social information, life stages, behavioral state, signaling pathways, group-living animals, positive selection
MeSH terms
Animals, Humans, Models, Biological, Neuronal Plasticity, Social Behavior, Genomics

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