Reciprocal processes of sensory perception and social bonding: an integrated social‐sensory framework of social behavior

Prior, Nora H.; Bentz, Ehren J.; Ophir, Alexander G.

doi:10.1111/gbb.12781

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“…Social behavior is no exception; successful social interactions require animals to correctly interpret cues with communicative significance across multiple sensory modalities. Our understanding of social interactions as responses to a rich tapestry of sensory information is expanding ( Chen and Hong, 2018 ; Contestabile et al, 2021 ; Prior et al, 2022 ), as is our understanding of the way deficits in sensory processing and MSI play a role in human disorders of social behavior ( Tseng et al, 2015 ; Siemann et al, 2020 ). Nevertheless, studies of MSI rarely make use of socially ethological stimuli or contexts and thus shed little light on the mechanisms of integration of concurrent cues relevant to social stimuli.…”

Section: Neural Circuitry For Integration Of Social Signalsmentioning

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Cupid’s quiver: Integrating sensory cues in rodent mating systems

Hoglen

Manoli

2022

Front. Neural Circuits

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In many animal species, males and females exploit different mating strategies, display sex-typical behaviors, and use distinct systems to recognize ethologically relevant cues. Mate selection thus requires mutual recognition across diverse social interactions based on distinct sensory signals. These sex differences in courtship and mating behaviors correspond to differences in sensory systems and downstream neural substrates engaged to recognize and respond to courtship signals. In many rodents, males tend to rely heavily on volatile olfactory and pheromone cues, while females appear to be guided more by a combination of these chemosensory signals with acoustic cues in the form of ultrasonic vocalizations. The mechanisms by which chemical and acoustic cues are integrated to control behavior are understudied in mating but are known to be important in the control of maternal behaviors. Socially monogamous species constitute a behaviorally distinct group of rodents. In these species, anatomic differences between males and females outside the nervous system are less prominent than in species with non-monogamous mating systems, and both sexes engage in more symmetric social behaviors and form attachments. Nevertheless, despite the apparent similarities in behaviors displayed by monogamous males and females, the circuitry supporting social, mating, and attachment behaviors in these species is increasingly thought to differ between the sexes. Sex differences in sensory modalities most important for mate recognition in across species are of particular interest and present a wealth of questions yet to be answered. Here, we discuss how distinct sensory cues may be integrated to drive social and attachment behaviors in rodents, and the differing roles of specific sensory systems in eliciting displays of behavior by females or males.

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Cupid’s quiver: Integrating sensory cues in rodent mating systems

Hoglen

Manoli

2022

Front. Neural Circuits

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“…Capitalizing on resources and social interactions requires animals to appropriately adjust their behavioral output by calibrating the intensity and duration of prosocial and antisocial responses targeted at familiar or novel conspecifics 25 , 26 . The ability to achieve these adaptive behavioral responses to social stimuli and environmental constraints relies upon efficient transmission, appraisal, and processing of information via dynamic neural and molecular mechanisms 27 . Neuromodulation of the LS could serve this function.…”

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Lateral septum DREADD activation alters male prairie vole prosocial and antisocial behaviors, not partner preferences

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Although much has been written on the topic of social behavior, many terms referring to different aspects of social behavior have become inappropriately conflated and the specific mechanisms governing them remains unclear. It is therefore critical that we disentangle the prosocial and antisocial elements associated with different forms of social behavior to fully understand the social brain. The lateral septum (LS) mediates social behaviors, emotional processes, and stress responses necessary for individuals to navigate day-to-day social interactions. The LS is particularly important in general and selective prosocial behavior (monogamy) but its role in how these two behavioral domains intersect is unclear. Here, we investigate the effects of chemogenetic-mediated LS activation on social responses in male prairie voles when they are 1) sex-naïve and generally affiliative and 2) after they become pair-bonded and display selective aggression. Amplifying neural activity in the LS augments same-sex social approach behaviors. Despite partner preference formation remaining unaltered, LS activation in pair-bonded males leads to reduced selective aggression while increasing social affiliative behaviors. These results suggest that LS activation alters behavior within certain social contexts, by increasing sex-naïve affiliative behaviors and reducing pair bonding-induced selective aggression with same-sex conspecifics, but not altering bonding with opposite-sex individuals.

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“…M. Kelly & Wilson, 2020). The ability to achieve these adaptive behavioral responses to social stimuli and environmental constraints relies upon efficient transmission, appraisal, and processing of information via dynamic neural and molecular mechanisms (Prior, Bentz, & Ophir, 2022). Neuromodulation of the LS could serve this function.…”

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DREADD activation of the lateral septum alters prosocial and antisocial behaviors, but not partner preferences in male prairie voles

Sailer

Park

Galvez

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Although much has been written on the topic of social behavior, many terms referring to different aspects of social behavior have become inappropriately conflated and the specific mechanisms governing them remains unclear. It is therefore critical that we disentangle the pro- and anti-social elements associated with different forms of social behavior to fully understand the social brain. The lateral septum (LS) mediates social behaviors, emotional processes, and stress responses necessary for individuals to navigate day-to-day social interactions. The LS is particularly important in general and selective prosocial behavior (monogamy) but its role in how these two behavioral domains intersect is unclear. Here, we investigate the effects of chemogenetic-mediated LS activation on social responses in male prairie voles when they are 1) sex-naïve and generally affiliative and 2) after they become pair-bonded and display selective aggression. Amplifying neural activity in the LS augments same-sex social approach behaviors. Despite partner preference formation remaining unaltered, LS activation in pair-bonded males leads to reduced selective aggression while increasing social affiliative behaviors. These results suggest that LS activation alters behavior within certain social contexts, by increasing sex-naïve affiliative behaviors and reducing pair bonding-induced selective aggression with same-sex conspecifics, but not altering bonding with opposite-sex individuals.

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Reciprocal processes of sensory perception and social bonding: an integrated social‐sensory framework of social behavior

Cited by 21 publications

References 224 publications

Cupid’s quiver: Integrating sensory cues in rodent mating systems

Cupid’s quiver: Integrating sensory cues in rodent mating systems

Lateral septum DREADD activation alters male prairie vole prosocial and antisocial behaviors, not partner preferences

DREADD activation of the lateral septum alters prosocial and antisocial behaviors, but not partner preferences in male prairie voles

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