Maternal behavior is related to prepartum urinary estradiol levels in red-bellied tamarin monkeys

Pryce, C. R.; Abbott, David H.; Hodges, J. K.; Martín, Robert D.

doi:10.1016/0031-9384(88)90052-2

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“…Similarly, Pryce (reviewed in [93]) showed that female marmosets will bar-press to gain access to infants, even when the only stimulus is a recording of infant crying. The relationship between these behaviors and estrogen is indirect, but, at least in marmosets (and the related red-bellied tamarin), estrogen levels correlate with level of parental care [94].…”

Section: Relationships Between Infant Crying and Parental Hormonesmentioning

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“…Many types of studies that are part of the large field of cry research can contribute. With respect to hormonal modulation of the responsiveness to cries, evidence exists in humans [28] and non-human primates [94,95,96] that hormonal status influences responsiveness to cries. This work supplements the extensive evidence using rodents as research subjects that hormonal status has a profound influence on maternal responsiveness to infants, some of which was reviewed earlier in this paper.…”

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Neural circuits underlying crying and cry responding in mammals

Newman

2007

Behavioural Brain Research

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Crying is a universal vocalization in human infants, as well as in the infants of other mammals. Little is known about the neural structures underlying cry production, or the circuitry that mediates a caregiver's response to cry sounds. In this review, the specific structures known or suspected to be involved in this circuit are identified, along with neurochemical systems and hormones for which evidence suggests a role in responding to infants and infant cries. In addition, evidence that crying elicits parental responses in different mammals is presented. An argument is made for including 'crying' as a functional category in the vocal repertoire of all mammalian infants (and the adults of some species). The prevailing neural model for crying production considers forebrain structures to be dispensable. However, evidence for the anterior cingulate gyrus in cry production, and this structure along with the amygdala and some other forebrain areas in responding to cries is presented.

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Neural circuits underlying crying and cry responding in mammals

Newman

2007

Behavioural Brain Research

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“…Earlier studies have found that the amount of maternal behaviour expressed by dams is correlated with the concentration of progesterone, oestradiol and cortisol during the peripartum period (Pryce et al, 1988;Dwyer et al, 2004). Therefore, it is not known whether the differences in maternal behaviour reported by Murphy (1999) and Murphy et al (1994) between the two temperament lines could be due to differences in the level of sex steroid and stress hormones required for the onset of maternal behaviour.…”

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Maternal behaviour and peripartum levels of oestradiol and progesterone show little difference in Merino ewes selected for calm or nervous temperament under indoor housing conditions

Bickell

Poindron

Nowak

et al. 2011

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Temperament influences the expression of maternal behaviour in sheep under experimental field conditions. We investigated whether maternal behaviour between ewes selected for a calm or nervous temperament is independent from environmental conditions. In addition, the level of maternal behaviour expressed by mothers is correlated with the concentration of hormones during the peripartum period. Therefore, we investigated whether the selection for temperament had resulted in hormonal differences between the two lines with regard to the hormones that could be involved in the onset of maternal behaviour. Oestradiol, progesterone and cortisol concentrations from 4 days before parturition to 24 h after parturition were determined from blood samples collected from 10 calm and 12 nervous ewes. Behavioural interactions between ewe and lamb were also recorded for 2 h starting at parturition. Mothers of both temperament lines showed adequate maternal behaviour under the controlled conditions of the study. Therefore, the results of the study do not suggest that selection for a calm or nervous temperament has profoundly affected the intrinsic ability of mothers to display adequate maternal behaviour. Hormonal differences between the two temperament lines were generally small and their possible influence on the display of maternal behaviour in the two temperament lines would have to be demonstrated. Keywords: ewe, temperament, maternal behaviour, hormones ImplicationsLamb survival is affected by the selection of the mother on the basis of temperament and temperament influences the expression of maternal behaviour in sheep under experimental field conditions. This study investigated whether the selection on the basis of temperament had resulted in hormonal differences between the two temperament lines with regard to the hormones that were required for the onset of maternal behaviour. We found that the hormonal differences between the two temperament lines were generally small and thus the results of this study do not suggest that the selection for a calm or nervous temperament has profoundly affected the intrinsic ability of mothers to display adequate maternal behaviour under indoor housing conditions.

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“…The study of the hormonal response mediating parental and alloparental behavior in cooperatively breeding nonhuman primates has shown that an elevation of estradiol levels in females is related to maternal care (red-bellied tamarins: Pryce et al, 1988;common marmosets: Pryce, 1993; see also Saltzman and Abbott, 2005), while an inverse correlation was found for black tufted-ear marmosets (Fite and French, 2000). Prolactin was also associated with maternal care (Dixson and George, 1982;Roberts et al, 2001).…”

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Hormonal changes related to paternal and alloparental care in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)

Mota

Franci

Sousa

2006

Hormones and Behavior

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The physiological mechanisms of parental and alloparental care in cooperatively breeding nonhuman primate species such as the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) are poorly known. In this study, we examined prolactin and cortisol plasma levels of fathers and older offspring of both sexes, with and without previous experience in infant carrying, around parturition and during infant carrying. Blood samples were collected from fathers and older offspring and prolactin and cortisol were measured by RIA and EIA, respectively. Prolactin levels of both caretakers were not influenced by infant's birth, previous experience or proximity to parturition. However, prolactin levels increased in both caretakers while in physical contact with infants and also with the number of infants being carried in older offspring. These findings suggest that increased prolactin seems to be mainly due to physical effort rather than a physiological trigger of paternal and alloparental care in common marmosets. Cortisol levels were higher for experienced fathers shortly before parturition which could act to reinforce affiliative bonds between breeding males and females at this time or in the ability of males to detect the proximity of the parturition or both. D

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Maternal behavior is related to prepartum urinary estradiol levels in red-bellied tamarin monkeys

Cited by 83 publications

References 45 publications

Neural circuits underlying crying and cry responding in mammals

Neural circuits underlying crying and cry responding in mammals

Maternal behaviour and peripartum levels of oestradiol and progesterone show little difference in Merino ewes selected for calm or nervous temperament under indoor housing conditions

Hormonal changes related to paternal and alloparental care in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)

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