Animal Behavior and Cognition

Vasopressin 1a receptor antagonist disrupts male-male affiliative relationships formed by triadic cohabitation in large-billed crows

1. Akiko Seguchi
2. Ei-Ichi Izawa

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  eLife Assessment

  This important study investigates the role of vasopressin in modulating same-sex affiliative relationships in the context of linear dominance hierarchies. It provides convincing evidence that vasopressin signaling is involved in modulating aspects of affiliative behavior, although the evidence that affiliative relationships specifically arise from the triadic interaction study design is incomplete. Nevertheless, its focus on broadening the types of social relationships and species studied in this area makes it of interest to both neuroendocrinologists and colleagues studying the evolution and mechanisms underlying social affiliation.

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High-throughput unsupervised quantification of patterns in the natural behavior of marmosets

1. William Menegas
2. Erin Corbett
3. Kimberly Beliard
4. Haoran Xu
5. Shivangi Parmar
6. Robert Desimone
7. Guoping Feng

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  eLife Assessment

  This important study demonstrates the ability for high-throughput recording and categorization of unconstrained and stimulus-based behaviors across a very large population of marmosets (n = 120 animals across 36 family units). The authors implement an analytical approach to identify "outlier" behavior that could be key in the development of next-generation precision psychiatry. While the strength of evidence appears solid overall, many key methodological details are incomplete.

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Intra- and interspecific variations in flight performance of oak-associated Agrilinae (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) using computerised flight mills

1. Elodie Le Souchu
2. Aurélien Sallé
3. Stéphanie Bankhead-Dronnet
4. Mathieu Laparie
5. Daniel Sauvard

Reviewed by Peer Community In Zoology

Hippocampal neuroinflammation causes sex-specific disruptions in action selection, food approach memories, and neuronal activation

1. Kiruthika Ganesan
2. Sahar Ghorbanpour
3. William Kendall
4. Sarah Thomas Broome
5. Joanne M. Gladding
6. Amolika Dhungana
7. Arvie Rodriguez Abiero
8. Maedeh Mahmoudi
9. Alessandro Castorina
10. Michael D. Kendig
11. Serena Becchi
12. Veronika Valova
13. Louise Cole
14. Laura A. Bradfield

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