Oxytocin/Vasopressin-Related Peptides Have an Ancient Role in Reproductive Behavior
| Autor: | Jennifer L. Garrison, Dirk R. Albrecht, Navin Pokala, Cornelia I. Bargmann, Evan Z. Macosko, Samantha Bernstein |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Vasopressin Vasopressins Neuropeptide CHO Cells Biology Oxytocin Article Receptors G-Protein-Coupled Sexual Behavior Animal Cricetinae medicine Animals Humans Amino Acid Sequence Mating Caenorhabditis elegans Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins Receptor Peptide sequence Genetics Multidisciplinary Reproduction Neuropeptides Anatomy biology.organism_classification Biological Evolution hormones hormone substitutes and hormone antagonists Social behavior medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Science. 338:540-543 |
| ISSN: | 1095-9203 0036-8075 |
| Popis: | Social Neuropeptides in Nematodes The neuropeptides oxytocin and vasopressin stimulate maternal, reproductive, aggressive, and affiliative behaviors in mammals. They are implicated in behaviors ranging from ewe-lamb bonding in sheep to pair bonding in voles (see the Perspective by Emmons ). Now, Garrison et al. (p. 540 ) and Beets et al. (p. 543 ) extend the evolutionary reach of these social neuropeptides to the invertebrate nematode worm, Caenorhabditis elegans . A similar neuropeptide was found to function in mating and also to modulate salt-taste preference, based on prior experience, suggesting an ancient role in associative learning. |
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