Mobbing vocalizations as a coping response in the common marmoset

Cross, N.; Rogers, Lesley J.

doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.07.007

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“…The behaviors loading highly on component 2 were stare frequency and tsik and tsik-egg calls that are emitted only in the presence of a predator threat and used to drive the threat away (Bezerra and Souto, 2008; Clara et al, 2008). Animals with higher component 2 scores emitted greater numbers of calls and displayed a higher frequency of short latency “looks” at the snake, behaviors which are hypothesized overall to contribute to a proactive coping strategy (Koolhaas et al, 1999; Cross and Rogers, 2006). This measure did not differ significantly between the groups (“passed”: M = 0.37, SEM = 0.30, “failed” M = 1.18, SEM = 0.64) [ F (1, 11) = 1.45, p = 0.254] (Supplementary Figure 4).…”

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Individual differences in behavioral and cardiovascular reactivity to emotive stimuli and their relationship to cognitive flexibility in a primate model of trait anxiety

Shiba

Santangelo

Braesicke

et al. 2014

Front. Behav. Neurosci.

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High trait anxiety is a risk factor for the development of anxiety disorders. Like the disorders themselves high trait anxiety has marked phenotypic variation at the level of symptomatology and neural circuits, suggesting that there may be different symptoms and distinct neural circuits associated with risk for these disorders. To address these issues, it is essential to develop reliable animal models of trait anxiety in a non-human primate whose brain bears structural and functional similarity to humans. The present study investigated individual variation in responsivity to fearful and anxiety provoking stimuli in the common marmoset monkey. Seven out of 27 animals failed to display discriminative, conditioned cardiovascular and behavioral responses on an auditory fear discrimination task, similar to that seen in high anxious humans and rodents. Their heightened emotionality to a rubber snake was consistent with the hypothesis that they were high in trait-like anxiety. Evidence for phenotypic variation in the high anxiety group was provided by the finding that discrimination failure was predicted early in conditioning by either hyper-vigilant scanning to the cues or a reduction in blood pressure to the context, i.e., test apparatus. Given that high trait anxiety in humans can be associated with altered prefrontal cognitive functioning and previously we implicated the marmoset anterior orbitofrontal (antOFC) and ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (vlPFC) in negative emotion regulation, we also tested the marmosets on two tests of cognitive flexibility differentially dependent on these two regions. While the high anxious group did not differ overall in their perseverative performance, the two distinct phenotypes were differentially correlated with reduced perseverative responding on the OFC- and vlPFC-dependent flexibility tests. Together, this study provides a new model of trait anxiety in marmosets amenable to analysis of phenotypic variation and neural circuitry.

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“…A short and loud “tsik” sound. It has been reported as an alarm/mobbing call (Cross and Rogers, 2006; Bezerra and Souto, 2008; Clara et al, 2008; Cagni et al, 2011). …”

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Individual differences in behavioral and cardiovascular reactivity to emotive stimuli and their relationship to cognitive flexibility in a primate model of trait anxiety

Shiba

Santangelo

Braesicke

et al. 2014

Front. Behav. Neurosci.

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“…Increased cortisol increases alarm calling in macaque monkeys (Bercovitch et al 1995). Although there is no link between cortisol levels and the phee calls produced by marmosets in the undirected context (Norcross and Newman 1999), the production of vocalizations decreases cortisol levels in this species (Clara et al 2008;Cross and Rogers 2006). Producing a vocalization is also metabolically costly, and energy levels are another factor that can influence vocal production (Ryan 1988).…”

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Arousal dynamics drive vocal production in marmoset monkeys

Borjon

Takahashi

Cervantes

et al. 2016

Journal of Neurophysiology

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Vocal production is the result of interacting cognitive and autonomic processes. Despite claims that changes in one interoceptive state (arousal) govern primate vocalizations, we know very little about how it influences their likelihood and timing. In this study we investigated the role of arousal during naturally occurring vocal production in marmoset monkeys. Throughout each session, naturally occurring contact calls are produced more quickly, and with greater probability, during higher levels of arousal, as measured by heart rate. On average, we observed a steady increase in heart rate 23 s before the production of a call. Following call production, there is a sharp and steep cardiac deceleration lasting ∼8 s. The dynamics of cardiac fluctuations around a vocalization cannot be completely predicted by the animal's respiration or movement. Moreover, the timing of vocal production was tightly correlated to the phase of a 0.1-Hz autonomic nervous system rhythm known as the Mayer wave. Finally, a compilation of the state space of arousal dynamics during vocalization illustrated that perturbations to the resting state space increase the likelihood of a call occurring. Together, these data suggest that arousal dynamics are critical for spontaneous primate vocal production, not only as a robust predictor of the likelihood of vocal onset but also as scaffolding on which behavior can unfold.

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“…Monkeys tested in social groups may experience and, therefore, express arousal differently than monkeys tested alone. There is evidence for a social buffering effect that reduces HPA activity in marmosets [Cross & Rogers 2006;Smith et al, 1998], but whether or not it affects how anxiety is expressed is not known. Similarly, housing conditions (e.g., indoor, outdoor, pair housing, natural social groups) and the subjects' experience with experimental manipulations of various sorts may influence scratching in ways we do not yet understand.…”

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Scratching under positive and negative arousal in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)

Neal

Caine

2015

American J Primatol

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Scratching has been widely used as an indicator of anxiety in many primate species. However, a handful of studies have shown no change in scratching under anxiety-provoking circumstances. In addition, the existing literature has investigated scratching only in relation to negative arousal (i.e., anxiety), even though anxiety and excitement (positive arousal) share important physiological and behavioral correlates, including increased heart rate, blood pressure, and locomotion. In the current study, we scored all instances of scratching in 11 outdoor-housed captive common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) during three contexts that were intended to be negatively arousing and three contexts that were intended to be positively arousing during a baseline, manipulation, and post-induction period. Summed across the three negative arousal contexts, the results showed that subjects exhibited significantly lower scratching rates during the manipulation than during either the baseline or post-induction periods, and the pattern of means was the same for all three of those contexts. Under the three contexts of positive arousal, subjects exhibited different patterns of scratching rates during the manipulation periods (play = increases, foraging = decreases, food anticipation = no change). Data from the current study, and a close examination of data from studies showing no change in scratching under anxiety-provoking circumstances, suggest that the anxiety-scratching relationship may be more complex than has been reported previously. Our results raise a potential concern about the unchallenged use of scratching as a behavioral indicator of anxiety in captive non-human primates, with important implications for welfare and management of these species.

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Mobbing vocalizations as a coping response in the common marmoset

Cited by 51 publications

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Individual differences in behavioral and cardiovascular reactivity to emotive stimuli and their relationship to cognitive flexibility in a primate model of trait anxiety

Individual differences in behavioral and cardiovascular reactivity to emotive stimuli and their relationship to cognitive flexibility in a primate model of trait anxiety

Arousal dynamics drive vocal production in marmoset monkeys

Scratching under positive and negative arousal in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)

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