Stress And Social Relationships: The Role Of Corticosterone In The Formation And Maintenance Of Pair Bonds In The Monogamous Zebra Finch (taeniopygia Guttata)

<p>Stress and affiliative social relationships are bi-directionally related. It is well understood that social relationships can buffer the physiological response to a stressor. Conversely, there is some evidence to suggest that stress can affect the propensity to form a pair bond. Data from humans and prairie voles, monogamous rodents, suggest that activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA) in males increases attraction for females. Across species, females are understudied, but evidence from the prairie vole suggests HPA activation impairs formation of partner preference, the first step in establishing a pair bond. Across taxa there is evidence that formation and maintenance of a pair bond may also increase HPA activity in both sexes. The studies presented here explored the relationships between circulating corticosterone, neural expression of corticotropin releasing hormone and glucocorticoid receptors, social preference and pair bonding using a model species uniquely suited to studying long-term, monogamous relationships.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Open Access Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year dc:date.available

2013

Author dc:creator

• Laplante, Kimberly Anne

Contributors dc:contributor

• Michelle L. Tomaszycki

• Corticosterone
• Pair-bonding
• social relationship
• Stress
• Biological Psychology
• Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/779

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.wayne.edu:oa_dissertations-1778