Nesting behavior is associated with VIP expression and VIP–Fos colocalization in a network-wide manner

Kingsbury, Marcy A.; Jan, Namratha; Klatt, James D.; Goodson, James L.

doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.12.010

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“…In addition to the vasotocin, mesotocin, and dopaminergic systems we have already sampled, it seems likely that other hormone signalling pathways such as vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) play an important role in the modulation of nest-building behaviour. For example, neuronal activity in VIP-immunopositive neuron populations correlates with nest-building behaviour (Kingsbury et al 2015 ), while prolactin under the control of VIP is important for brooding behaviour (Angelier and Chastel 2009 ) and plays an evolutionarily conserved role in parental behaviour across vertebrates. There is also evidence that steroids may also regulate the production of nest-building behaviour as female canaries treated with exogenous oestradiol expressed nest-building actions, even in the absence of nest material (Hinde and Steel 1976 ).…”

Section: Future Directions In Behavioural Neuroscience and Nest Buildmentioning

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From neurons to nests: nest-building behaviour as a model in behavioural and comparative neuroscience

2015

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Despite centuries of observing the nest building of most extant bird species, we know surprisingly little about how birds build nests and, specifically, how the avian brain controls nest building. Here, we argue that nest building in birds may be a useful model behaviour in which to study how the brain controls behaviour. Specifically, we argue that nest building as a behavioural model provides a unique opportunity to study not only the mechanisms through which the brain controls behaviour within individuals of a single species but also how evolution may have shaped the brain to produce interspecific variation in nest-building behaviour. In this review, we outline the questions in both behavioural and comparative neuroscience that nest building could be used to address, summarize recent findings regarding the neurobiology of nest building in lab-reared zebra finches and across species building different nest structures, and suggest some future directions for the neurobiology of nest building.

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Section: Future Directions In Behavioural Neuroscience and Nest Buildmentioning

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From neurons to nests: nest-building behaviour as a model in behavioural and comparative neuroscience

2015

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“…As observed by Ortiz-Ceballos, Hernández-García & Galindo-González (2009) , and Buch et al (2011) both in the field collections and the laboratory, here we found that P. corethrurus uses soil and mucus to construct nests with its mouth that are similar to those constructed in diapause by Millsonia anomala ( Blanchart et al, 1997 ) and Martiodrilus carimaguensis ( Jiménez et al, 2000 ). It has been suggested that nest architecture has evolved for multiple uses where the exterior layer acts to conceal the nest from predators and protect it from rain while the internal layer isolates it from temperature extremes, flooding, desiccation and hypoxia ( Mori & Chiba, 2009 ; Smiseth, Kölliker & Royle, 2012 ; Kingsbury et al, 2015 ). The nests constructed here could be a form of parental care to protect the cocoons from abiotic (reducing water loss and improving gas exchange) and biotic (predators) threats ( Ortiz-Ceballos, Hernández-García & Galindo-González, 2009 ), since the interior layer comprises a compacted wall formed by small soil particles bound together by mucus produced by the earthworm, while the exterior layer acts to disguise the presence of the nest.…”

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Nest site selection and nutritional provision through excreta: a form of parental care in a tropical endogeic earthworm

Ortíz-Ceballos

Pérez‐Staples

Pérez‐Rodríguez

2016

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Nest construction is a common form of parental care in soil organisms. However, it is unknown whether the tropical earthworm Pontoscolex corethrurus produces nests in soils with low nutritional quality habitats. Here we studied the reproductive behaviour and nest site selection of P. corethrurus, and tested the hypothesis whether P. corethrurus produces more cocoons in habitats with low nutritional quality. In bidimensional terrariums we evaluated the combined effect of the nutritional quality of habitat: (Poor Quality Habitat = PQH, Medium Quality Habitat = MQH, High Quality Habitat = HQH) and soil depth (Shallow, Intermediate, Deep) in a factorial 32 design. The number and biomass of cocoons, progeny and the production of internal and external excreta were evaluated. The quality habitat and depth of soil and their interaction had a significant effect on nest site construction and the deposition of internal excreta. Pontoscolex corethrurus built a higher amount of nests in the PQH-Intermediate and MQH-Intermediate treatments while more internal excreta were found in the HQH-Intermediate treatment. Offspring biomass was positively associated with internal excreta in the PQH (soil only) and MQH (soil + grass) treatments, suggesting that this could be a form of parental care. Since P. corethrurus produces more cocoons in low and medium quality habitats, while produces more internal excreta at high quality habitats, there does not seem to be an association between number of offspring and parental care. We suggest P. corethrurus could have two reproductive strategies that act as diversified bet-hedging (do not put all cocoons in one basket) behavior in unpredictable environment, and thus build a higher amount of nests in low and medium quality habitats; and another where they produce more internal excreta as a form of parental care in high quality habitats. Parental care in the form of internal excreta may be particularly important in poor and medium quality habitats where offspring biomass increased with internal excreta. Further research is needed on the ecological conditions that favour the evolution of parental care in earthworms according to their ecological category (epigeic, endogeic and anecic).

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“…The weak labeling of VIP in the telencephalon of blue tits, especially in the song system, can also be ascribed to interspecific differences in song learning, but also to the fact that courtship songs are less frequent during parental care (Hill et al, 2005 ). VIP is the releaser of prolactine, the hormone responsible for physiological and behavioral changes during parental care and also a neuromodulator, itself associated with parental behavior (Badyaev and Duckworth, 2005 ; Kingsbury et al, 2015 ). Intense expression of VIP in the bed nucleus of stria terminalis is in harmony with the parenting stage of blue tits in this study.…”

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“…Changes in VIP immunoreactivity, as well as in VIP receptor gene expression have been identified in the hypothalamus of pigeons and hens in relation to the reproductive cycle (Cloues et al, 1990 ; Chaiseha et al, 2004 ). A recent study in zebra finch underlines the activation of VIP expression during nesting behavior (Kingsbury et al, 2015 ). VIP is also modulating the nesting behavior in hens and turkeys (Macnamee et al, 1986 ; Prakobsaeng et al, 2011 ).…”

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Distribution of vasotocin- and vasoactive intestinal peptide-like immunoreactivity in the brain of blue tit (Cyanistes coeruleus)

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Blue tits (Cyanistes coeruleus) are songbirds, used as model animals in numerous studies covering a wide field of research. Nevertheless, the distribution of neuropeptides in the brain of this avian species remains largely unknown. Here we present some of the first results on distribution of Vasotocine (AVT) and Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) in the brain of males and females of this songbird species, using immunohistochemistry mapping. The bulk of AVT-like cells are found in the hypothalamic supraoptic, paraventricular and suprachiasmatic nuclei, bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, and along the lateral forebrain bundle. Most AVT-like fibers course toward the median eminence, some reaching the arcopallium, and lateral septum. Further terminal fields occur in the dorsal thalamus, ventral tegmental area and pretectal area. Most VIP-like cells are in the lateral septal organ and arcuate nucleus. VIP-like fibers are distributed extensively in the hypothalamus, preoptic area, lateral septum, diagonal band of Broca. They are also found in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, amygdaloid nucleus of taenia, robust nucleus of the arcopallium, caudo-ventral hyperpallium, nucleus accumbens and the brainstem. Taken together, these results suggest that both AVT and VIP immunoreactive structures show similar distribution to other avian species, emphasizing evolutionary conservatism in the history of vertebrates. The current study may enable future investigation into the localization of AVT and VIP, in relation to behavioral and ecological traits in the brain of tit species.

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Nesting behavior is associated with VIP expression and VIP–Fos colocalization in a network-wide manner

Cited by 29 publications

References 98 publications

From neurons to nests: nest-building behaviour as a model in behavioural and comparative neuroscience

From neurons to nests: nest-building behaviour as a model in behavioural and comparative neuroscience

Nest site selection and nutritional provision through excreta: a form of parental care in a tropical endogeic earthworm

Distribution of vasotocin- and vasoactive intestinal peptide-like immunoreactivity in the brain of blue tit (Cyanistes coeruleus)

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