Evidence that flocking behavior is rewarded by singing, flock mates, and mu opioid receptors in the nucleus accumbens

• Alyse N. Maksimoski ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: alysemaksimoski@isu.edu

  Current address: Department of Biological Sciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1147-4597

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• Taviah A. Levenson,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Changjiu Zhao,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Lauren V. Riters

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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