Title:
Evolutionarily Conserved Mechanisms of Sociality

dc.contributor.author Kelly, Aubrey
dc.contributor.corporatename Georgia Institute of Technology. Neural Engineering Center en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename Emory University. Dept. of Psychology en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2019-10-23T19:49:46Z
dc.date.available 2019-10-23T19:49:46Z
dc.date.issued 2019-10-07
dc.description Presented on October 7, 2019 at 11:15 a.m. in the Krone Engineered Biosystems Building, Room 1005. en_US
dc.description Aubrey Kelly is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Emory University. Her graduate research examined the evolution of the neural mechanisms underlying social behavior in closely related finch species that vary in sociality, ranging from highly territorial to highly social phenotypes. Upon receipt of an NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship, she joined the Psychology Department at Cornell University. As a postdoc, using the socially monogamous prairie vole, her research examined the development of social behavior and the social brain. Dr. Kelly joined the faculty at Emory University in the Department of Psychology in August 2018. en_US
dc.description Runtime: 49:20 minutes en_US
dc.description.abstract There is an extraordinary amount of variation in social behavior within and across species. However, when phenotypic convergence in behavior (e.g., sociality) is observed, it begs the question as to whether the same neural mechanisms evolved across species to promote sociality, or whether they have reached a similar behavioral endpoint via different modifications to the brain. In this talk, I will focus on a neural system that is well known for modulating numerous types of social behavior – the nonapeptide system. The nonapeptides, vasopressin and oxytocin, are produced in distinct neuronal populations throughout the brain, with each population having distinct, yet some overlapping, behavioral functions. Using correlational and causal studies in birds and rodents, I will demonstrate evolutionarily conserved prosocial and anti-aggressive functions of a nonapeptide subcircuit originating in the extended medial amygdala. This research highlights the importance of utilizing a comparative approach, which can allow us to identify fundamental core principles of brain organization that allow an animal to be social. en_US
dc.format.extent 49:20 minutes
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/61973
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries GT Neuro Seminar Series
dc.subject Behavioral neuroscience en_US
dc.subject Birds en_US
dc.subject Nonapeptides en_US
dc.subject Rodents en_US
dc.subject Social behavior en_US
dc.title Evolutionarily Conserved Mechanisms of Sociality en_US
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