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EnglishThe detection of animate beings at the onset of life is important for phylogenetically distant species, such as birds and primates. Naïve chicks preferentially approach a stimulus resembling a conspecific (a stuffed fowl) over a less naturalistic one (a scrambled version of the stuffed fowl, presenting the same low-level visual features as the fowl in an unnatural configuration). The neuronal mechanisms underlying this behavior are mostly unknown. However, it has been hypothesized that innate social predispositions may involve subpallial brain areas including the amygdala. Here we asked whether a stuffed hen would activate areas of the arcopallium/amygdala complex, in particular the nucleus taeniae of the amygdala (TnA) or septum. We measured brain activity by visualizing the immediate early gene product c-Fos. After exposure to the hen, TnA showed higher density of c-Fos expressing neurons, compared to chicks that were exposed to the scrambled stimulus. A similar trend was present in the lower portion of the arcopallium, but not in the upper portion of the arcopallium or in the septum. This demonstrates that at birth the TnA is already engaged in responses to social visual stimuli, suggesting an important role for this nucleus in the early ontogenetic development of social behavior.
Selective response of the nucleus taeniae of the amygdala to a naturalistic social stimulus in visually naive domestic chicks / Mayer, Uwe; Rosa-Salva, Orsola; Loveland, Jasmine L; Vallortigara, Giorgio. - In: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. - ISSN 2045-2322. - 9:1(2019), pp. 984901-984910. [10.1038/s41598-019-46322-5]
| Titolo: | Selective response of the nucleus taeniae of the amygdala to a naturalistic social stimulus in visually naive domestic chicks | |
| Autori: | Mayer, Uwe; Rosa-Salva, Orsola; Loveland, Jasmine L; Vallortigara, Giorgio | |
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| Titolo del periodico: | SCIENTIFIC REPORTS | |
| Anno di pubblicazione: | 2019 | |
| Numero e parte del fascicolo: | 1 | |
| Codice identificativo Scopus: | 2-s2.0-85068800492 | |
| Codice identificativo Pubmed: | 31285532 | |
| Codice identificativo WOS: | WOS:000474335800046 | |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-46322-5 | |
| Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11572/239516 | |
| Citazione: | Selective response of the nucleus taeniae of the amygdala to a naturalistic social stimulus in visually naive domestic chicks / Mayer, Uwe; Rosa-Salva, Orsola; Loveland, Jasmine L; Vallortigara, Giorgio. - In: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. - ISSN 2045-2322. - 9:1(2019), pp. 984901-984910. [10.1038/s41598-019-46322-5] | |
| Appare nelle tipologie: | 03.1 Articolo su rivista (Journal article) |
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