Pair bonding: is it all in the brain?

结对关系：这一切都在大脑中吗？

• 批准号: DP230100002
• 负责人: Prof Michael Gardner
• 金额: $ 39.08万
• 依托单位: Flinders University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2023-08-01 至 2026-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP230100002
• 关键词: Pair; bonding; brain

This project aims to understand the interaction between classic pair bonding neural circuits, parasites, and the immune system in sleepy lizards. Social bonds are a cornerstone of human societies, especially true of the pair bond and this project expects to generate knowledge to help understand why healthy adult pair bonds are the single best predictor of longevity in humans. The expected outcomes of this project are to reveal the mechanistic basis of pair bonding by identifying the brain regions, cell types and neurochemicals that promote pair bonding behaviour — for the first time in a wild animal. This project should provide significant benefits by increasing our knowledge of how pair bonds promote wellness.

这个项目的目的是了解经典的配对神经回路，寄生虫和免疫系统之间的相互作用在沉睡的蜥蜴。社会纽带是人类社会的基石，尤其是配对纽带，该项目希望产生知识，以帮助理解为什么健康的成年人配对纽带是人类长寿的唯一最佳预测因素。该项目的预期成果是通过识别促进配对行为的大脑区域，细胞类型和神经化学物质来揭示配对结合的机制基础-这是首次在野生动物中发现。这个项目应该提供显着的好处，增加我们的知识如何对债券促进健康。