Adult auditory brain responses to nestling begging calls in seasonal songbirds: an fMRI study in non-parenting male and female starlings ( Sturnus vulgaris ).

Autor:	Vidas-Guscic N; Bio-Imaging Lab, Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium.; µNEURO Research Centre of Excellence, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium., Jonckers E; Bio-Imaging Lab, Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium.; µNEURO Research Centre of Excellence, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium., Van Audekerke J; Bio-Imaging Lab, Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium.; µNEURO Research Centre of Excellence, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium., Orije J; Bio-Imaging Lab, Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium.; µNEURO Research Centre of Excellence, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium., Hamaide J; Bio-Imaging Lab, Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium., Majumdar G; Bio-Imaging Lab, Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium., Henry L; Université de Rennes, UMR 6552, Ethologie Animale et Humaine (EthoS), CNRS, Brittany, France., Hausberger M; CNRS, UMR 8002, Centre de Neuroscience et de Cognition Intégrative (INCC), Université de Paris-Cité, Paris, France., Verhoye M; Bio-Imaging Lab, Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium.; µNEURO Research Centre of Excellence, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium., Van der Linden A; Bio-Imaging Lab, Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium.; µNEURO Research Centre of Excellence, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience [Front Behav Neurosci] 2024 Sep 17; Vol. 18, pp. 1418577. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Sep 17 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI:	10.3389/fnbeh.2024.1418577
Abstrakt:	The present study aims to investigate whether begging calls elicit specific auditory responses in non-parenting birds, whether these responses are influenced by the hormonal status of the bird, and whether they reflect biparental care for offspring in the European starling ( Sturnus vulgaris ). An fMRI experiment was conducted to expose non-parenting male and female European starlings to recordings of conspecific nestling begging calls during both artificially induced breeding and non-breeding seasons. This response was compared with their reaction to conspecific individual warbling song motifs and artificial pure tones, serving as social species-specific and artificial control stimuli, respectively. Our findings reveal that begging calls evoke a response in non-parenting male and female starlings, with significantly higher responsiveness observed in the right Field L and the Caudomedial Nidopallium (NCM), regardless of season or sex. Moreover, a significant seasonal variation in auditory brain responses was elicited in both sexes exclusively by begging calls, not by the applied control stimuli, within a ventral midsagittal region of NCM. This heightened response to begging calls, even in non-parenting birds, in the right primary auditory system (Field L), and the photoperiod induced hormonal neuromodulation of auditory responses to offspring's begging calls in the secondary auditory system (NCM), bears resemblance to mammalian responses to hunger calls. This suggests a convergent evolution aimed at facilitating swift adult responses to such calls crucial for offspring survival. Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. (Copyright © 2024 Vidas-Guscic, Jonckers, Van Audekerke, Orije, Hamaide, Majumdar, Henry, Hausberger, Verhoye and Van der Linden.)
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