Autism Research,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
16(7), P. 1268 - 1288
Published: July 1, 2023
Abstract
Substantial
advances
have
been
made
toward
understanding
the
genetic
and
environmental
risk
factors
for
autism,
a
neurodevelopmental
disorder
with
social
impairment
as
core
feature.
In
combination
optogenetic
chemogenetic
tools
to
manipulate
neural
circuits
in
vivo,
it
is
now
possible
use
model
systems
test
how
specific
underlie
function
dysfunction.
Here,
we
review
literature
that
has
identified
associated
interest
(sociability),
reward,
memory,
dominance,
aggression,
outline
preliminary
roadmap
of
driving
these
behaviors.
We
highlight
circuitry
underlying
each
behavioral
domain,
well
develop
an
interactive
map
overlap
across
domains.
find
some
behavior
are
general
involved
control
multiple
aspects,
whereas
other
appear
be
specialized
aspects
behavior.
Our
overlapping
circuit
therefore
helps
delineate
various
domains
identify
gaps
knowledge.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
377(1845)
Published: Jan. 10, 2022
Individuals
occupying
dominant
and
subordinate
positions
in
social
hierarchies
exhibit
divergent
behaviours,
physiology
neural
functioning.
Dominant
animals
express
higher
levels
of
dominance
behaviours
such
as
aggression,
territorial
defence
mate-guarding.
Dominants
also
signal
their
status
via
auditory,
visual
or
chemical
cues.
Moreover,
typically
increase
reproductive
show
enhanced
spatial
cognition
well
elevated
arousal.
These
biobehavioural
changes
energetic
demands
that
are
met
shifting
both
energy
intake
metabolism
supported
by
coordinated
physiological
systems
including
the
hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal
hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal
axes
altered
gene
expression
sensitivity
circuits
regulate
these
behaviours.
Conversely,
inhibit
often
adapted
to
socially
stressful
contexts.
Phenotypic
individuals
may
be
beneficial
short-term
but
lead
long-term
challenges
health.
Further,
rapid
ranks
occur
ascend
descend
associated
with
dynamic
modulations
brain
periphery.
In
this
paper,
we
provide
a
broad
overview
how
behavioural
phenotypic
subordination
expressed
plasticity.
This
article
is
part
theme
issue
‘The
centennial
pecking
order:
current
state
future
prospects
for
study
hierarchies’.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
377(1845)
Published: Jan. 10, 2022
A
century
ago,
foundational
work
by
Thorleif
Schjelderup-Ebbe
described
a
‘pecking
order’
in
chicken
societies,
where
individuals
could
be
ordered
according
to
their
ability
exert
influence
over
group-mates.
Now
known
as
dominance
hierarchies,
these
structures
have
been
shown
plethora
of
individual
characteristics
and
outcomes,
situating
research
pillar
the
study
modern
social
ecology
evolution.
Here,
we
first
review
some
major
questions
that
answered
about
hierarchies
last
100
years.
Next,
introduce
contributions
this
theme
issue
summarize
how
they
provide
ongoing
insight
epistemology,
physiology
neurobiology,
hierarchical
structure,
dynamics
dominance.
These
employ
full
range
approaches
available
biologists.
Cross-cutting
themes
emerging
from
include
focus
on
cognitive
underpinnings
dominance,
application
network-analytical
approaches,
utility
experimental
rank
manipulations
for
revealing
causal
relationships.
Reflection
years
reveals
Schjelderup-Ebbe's
early
ideas
subsequent
helped
drive
shift
an
essentialist
view
species
recognition
rich
inter-individual
variation
social,
behavioural
physiological
phenotypes.
This
article
is
part
‘The
centennial
pecking
order:
current
state
future
prospects
hierarchies’.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
377(1845)
Published: Jan. 10, 2022
Although
social
hierarchies
are
recognized
as
dynamic
systems,
they
typically
treated
static
entities
for
practical
reasons.
Here,
we
ask
what
can
learn
from
a
dynamical
view
of
dominance,
and
provide
research
agenda
the
next
decades.
We
identify
five
broad
questions
at
individual,
dyadic
group
levels,
exploring
causes
consequences
individual
changes
in
rank,
dynamics
underlying
dominance
relationships,
origins
impacts
instability.
challenges
remain,
propose
avenues
overcoming
them.
suggest
distinguishing
between
different
types
mobility
to
conceptual
clarity
about
hierarchy
level,
emphasize
need
explore
how
these
processes
produce
trajectories
over
lifespans
impact
selection
on
status-seeking
behaviour.
At
there
is
scope
deeper
exploration
decision-making
leading
observed
interactions,
stable
but
malleable
relationships
emerge
interactions.
Across
scales,
model
systems
where
rank
manipulable
will
be
extremely
useful
testing
hypotheses
dynamics.
Long-term
individual-based
studies
also
critical
understanding
rare
events,
interrogating
that
unfold
lifetimes
generations.
This
article
part
theme
issue
'The
centennial
pecking
order:
current
state
future
prospects
study
hierarchies'.
Current Biology,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
33(8), P. 1407 - 1420.e4
Published: March 13, 2023
Dominance
hierarchy
is
a
fundamental
social
phenomenon
in
wide
range
of
mammalian
species,
critically
affecting
fitness
and
health.
Here,
we
investigate
the
role
pheromone
signals
control
hierarchies
individual
personalities
within
groups
wild
mice.
For
this
purpose,
combine
high-throughput
behavioral
phenotyping
with
computational
tools
freely
interacting
house
mice,
males
females,
an
automated,
semi-natural
system.
We
show
that
mice
form
dominance
both
sexes
but
use
sex-specific
strategies,
displaying
distinct
male-typical
female-typical
were
also
associated
ranking.
Genetic
disabling
VNO-mediated
detection
generated
opposite
effects
groups,
enhancing
interactions
reducing
them
females.
Behavioral
mutated
displayed
mixtures
behaviors,
thus
blurring
sex
differences.
In
addition,
rank-associated
abolished
despite
fact
mutant
formed
stable
hierarchies.
These
findings
suggest
group
organization
governed
by
pheromone-mediated
neural
circuits
pave
way
to
mechanisms
underlying
sexual
dimorphism
under
naturalistic
settings.
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
151, P. 105243 - 105243
Published: May 22, 2023
Social
behavior
is
naturally
occurring
in
vertebrate
species,
which
holds
a
strong
evolutionary
component
and
crucial
for
the
normal
development
survival
of
individuals
throughout
life.
Behavioral
neuroscience
has
seen
different
influential
methods
social
behavioral
phenotyping.
The
ethological
research
approach
extensively
investigated
natural
habitats,
while
comparative
psychology
was
developed
utilizing
standardized
univariate
tests.
advanced
precise
tracking
tools,
together
with
post-tracking
analysis
packages,
recently
enabled
novel
phenotyping
method,
that
includes
strengths
both
approaches.
implementation
such
will
be
beneficial
fundamental
but
also
enable
an
increased
understanding
influences
many
factors
can
influence
behavior,
as
stress
exposure.
Furthermore,
future
increase
number
data
modalities,
sensory,
physiological,
neuronal
activity
data,
thereby
significantly
enhance
our
biological
basis
guide
intervention
strategies
abnormalities
psychiatric
disorders.
Scientific Reports,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(1)
Published: Jan. 26, 2024
Abstract
Social
recognition
is
crucial
for
survival
in
social
species,
and
necessary
group
living,
selective
reproduction,
pair
bonding,
dominance
hierarchies.
Mice
rats
are
the
most
commonly
used
animal
models
memory
research,
however
current
paradigms
do
not
account
complex
dynamics
they
exhibit
wild.
To
assess
range
of
memories
being
studied,
we
conducted
a
systematic
analysis
neuroscience
articles
testing
mice
published
within
past
two
decades
analyzed
their
methods.
Our
results
show
that
despite
these
rodent’s
rich
capabilities,
majority
papers
explore
short-term
familiarity
levels
with
minimal
exposure
between
subject
familiar
stimuli—a
narrow
type
memory.
We
have
identified
several
key
areas
currently
understudied
or
underrepresented:
kin
relationships,
mates,
ranks,
sex
variabilities,
effects
aging.
Additionally,
reporting
on
stimulus
variables
such
as
housing
history,
strain,
age,
limited,
which
may
impede
reproducibility.
Overall,
our
data
highlight
large
gaps
diversity
studied
mechanisms.
Cell Reports,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
42(7), P. 112776 - 112776
Published: July 1, 2023
The
nucleus
accumbens
(NAc)
is
a
brain
hub
regulating
motivated
behaviors,
including
social
competitiveness.
Mitochondrial
function
in
the
NAc
links
anxiety
with
competitiveness,
and
mitochondrial
fusion
protein
mitofusin
2
(Mfn2)
neurons
regulates
anxiety-related
behaviors.
However,
it
remains
unexplored
whether
accumbal
Mfn2
levels
also
affect
behavior
actions
emotional
domain
are
driven
by
distinct
cell
types.
Here,
we
found
that
subordinate-prone
highly
anxious
rats
show
decreased
overexpression
promotes
dominant
behavior.
In
mice,
selective
downregulation
dopamine
D2
receptor-expressing
medium
spiny
(D2-MSNs)
induced
subordination,
accompanied
functions
excitability
D2-MSNs.
Instead,
D1-MSN-targeted
affected
competitive
ability
only
transiently
likely
because
of
an
increase
anxiety-like
Our
results
assign
dissociable
cell-type
specific
roles
to
modulating
dominance
anxiety.