Evolutionary Precedents for Behavioral Actions of Oxytocin and Vasopressin a
Evolutionary Precedents for Behavioral Actions of Oxytocin and Vasopressin a
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催产素和加压素 a 行为作用的进化先例
DOI:
10.1111/j.1749-6632.1992.tb34352.x
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发表时间:
1992
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
F. L. Moore
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作者:
F. L. Moore
It is clear that the behavioral actions of oxytocin and vasopressin in mammals are not newly acquired, but have evolutionary antecedents. Injection studies with fish, amphibians, reptiles, and birds indicate that AVT can activate certain reproductive behaviors. The strongest evidence that AVT acts centrally to control reproductive behaviors comes from research on T. granulosa. In this amphibian, injections of AVT agonists activate courtship behaviors (amplectic clasping) in males and egg-laying behaviors in females, whereas injections of AVT antagonists inhibit the behaviors. Also, in Taricha males, AVT concentrations in specific brain areas are associated with the expression of courtship behaviors. Several conclusions about steroid-peptide interactions can be drawn, based on research with this amphibian. First, gonadal steroid hormones act to maintain the behavioral actions of AVT in both males and females. In Taricha, gonadectomy abolishes and steroid implants restore AVT-induced courtship in males and egg-laying in females. Second, gonadal steroids maintain the behavioral actions of AVT, in part, by modulating AVT receptor numbers on target neurons. In Taricha males and females, gonadectomy reduces AVT receptor concentrations (but not binding affinity) in certain brain areas (amygdala pars lateralis) and not others. Third, the type of gonadal steroid determines whether AVT elicits male-like or female-like reproductive behaviors. Ovariectomized Taricha females respond to AVT injections with egg-laying behaviors when implanted with estradiol and with male-like amplectic clasping when implanted with dihydrotestosterone. Fourth, the masculinization of AVT-induced behaviors in females most likely reflects site-specific actions of androgens on AVT-synthesizing neurons. In Taricha, AVTir concentrations in the optic tectum are sexually dimorphic (higher in males than females) and reach peak levels in males during the breeding season. Fifth, AVT content in specific brain areas increase as a function of performing the behaviors. In Taricha, AVTir concentrations in DPOA, CSF, and ventral infundibulum are higher in males that exhibit courtship behaviors than in males that do not. These conclusions illustrate how steroid-peptide interactions in the control of behaviors entail multiple neuroanatomical sites and neurochemical actions.
影响因子:
2.7
作者:
Zoeller,RT;Moore,FL
通讯作者:
Moore,FL
影响因子:
4.1
作者:
Zoeller,RT;Moore,FL
通讯作者:
Moore,FL
影响因子:
56.9
作者:
KELLEY, DB
通讯作者:
KELLEY, DB