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Intrinsic motivation for singing in songbirds is enhanced by temporary singing suppression and regulated by dopamine

Authors
Kim, YunbokKwon, SojeongRajan, RaghavMori, ChihiroKojima, Satoshi
Issue Date
Oct-2021
Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
Citation
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v.11, no.1
Journal Title
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume
11
Number
1
URI
http://scholarworks.bwise.kr/kbri/handle/2023.sw.kbri/291
DOI
10.1038/s41598-021-99456-w
ISSN
2045-2322
Abstract
Behaviors driven by intrinsic motivation are critical for development and optimization of physical and brain functions, but their underlying mechanisms are not well studied due to the complexity and autonomy of the behavior. Songbirds, such as zebra finches, offer a unique opportunity to study neural substrates of intrinsic motivation because they spontaneously produce many renditions of songs with highly-quantifiable structure for vocal practice, even in the absence of apparent recipients ("undirected singing"). Neural substrates underlying intrinsic motivation for undirected singing are still poorly understood partly because singing motivation cannot be easily manipulated due to its autonomy. Also, undirected singing itself acts as an internal reward, which could increase singing motivation, leading to difficulty in measuring singing motivation independent of singing-associated reward. Here, we report a simple procedure to easily manipulate and quantify intrinsic motivation for undirected singing independent of singing-associated reward. We demonstrate that intrinsic motivation for undirected singing is dramatically enhanced by temporary suppression of singing behavior and the degree of enhancement depends on the duration of suppression. Moreover, by examining latencies to the first song following singing suppression as a measure of singing motivation independent of singing-associated reward, we demonstrate that intrinsic singing motivation is critically regulated by dopamine through D2 receptors. These results provide a simple experimental tool to manipulate and measure the intrinsic motivation for undirected singing and illustrate the importance of zebra finches as a model system to study the neural basis of intrinsically-motivated behaviors.
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