Modulation of social behavior by distinct vasopressin sources

N Rigney, GJ de Vries, A Petrulis - Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The neuropeptide arginine-vasopressin (AVP) is well known for its peripheral effects on
blood pressure and antidiuresis. However, AVP also modulates various social and anxiety …

Social functions of individual vasopressin–oxytocin cell groups in vertebrates: What do we really know?

AM Kelly, JL Goodson - Frontiers in neuroendocrinology, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Vasopressin–oxytocin (VP–OT) nonapeptides modulate numerous social and
stress-related behaviors, yet these peptides are made in multiple nuclei and brain regions …

Hypothalamic oxytocin and vasopressin neurons exert sex-specific effects on pair bonding, gregariousness, and aggression in finches

AM Kelly, JL Goodson - Proceedings of the National …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Antagonism of oxytocin (OT) receptors (OTRs) impairs the formation of pair bonds in prairie
voles (Microtus ochrogaster) and zebra finches (Taenioypygia guttata), and also reduces the …

A consideration of brain networks modulating social behavior

AM Kelly - Hormones and Behavior, 2022 - Elsevier
A primary goal of the field of behavioral neuroendocrinology is to understand how the brain
modulates complex behavior. Over the last 20 years we have proposed various brain …

Knockdown of sexually differentiated vasopressin expression in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis reduces social and sexual behaviour in male, but not female …

N Rigney, A Zbib, GJ de Vries… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The neuropeptide arginine‐vasopressin (AVP) has long been implicated in the regulation of
social behaviour and communication, but the sources of AVP release relevant for behaviour …

Dynamic modulation of sociality and aggression: an examination of plasticity within endocrine and neuroendocrine systems

AM Kelly, MN Vitousek - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Endocrine and neuroendocrine systems are key mediators of behavioural plasticity and
allow for the ability to shift social behaviour across dynamic contexts. These systems operate …

Sexually dimorphic vasopressin cells modulate social investigation and communication in sex-specific ways

N Rigney, J Whylings, M Mieda, GJ de Vries, A Petrulis - Eneuro, 2019 - eneuro.org
The neuropeptide arginine vasopressin (AVP) has long been implicated in the regulation of
social behavior and communication, but precisely which AVP cell groups are involved is …

A test of the social behavior network reveals differential patterns of neural responses to social novelty in bonded, but not non-bonded, male prairie voles

KJ Wallace, EK Chun, JR Manns, AG Ophir… - Hormones and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The social behavior network (SBN) has provided a framework for understanding the neural
control of social behavior. The original SBN hypothesis proposed this network modulates …

The need for speed: neuroendocrine regulation of socially-controlled sex change

MS Lamm, H Liu, NJ Gemmell… - Integrative and …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Socially-controlled functional sex change in fishes is a dramatic example of adaptive
reproductive plasticity. Functional gonadal sex change can occur within a week while …

A vasopressin circuit that modulates mouse social investigation and anxiety-like behavior in a sex-specific manner

N Rigney, E Campos-Lira… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
One of the largest sex differences in brain neurochemistry is the expression of the
neuropeptide arginine vasopressin (AVP) within the vertebrate brain, with males having …