Little is known about how social factors contribute to neurobiology or neuropsychiatric
disorders. The use of mice allows one to probe the neurobiological bases of social …

Background Mouse models of social behavior fail to account for volitional aspects of social
interaction, and current neurobiological investigation of social behavior is performed almost …

It is difficult to translate results from animal research on addiction to an understanding of the
behavior of human drug users. Despite decades of basic research on neurobiological …

Abstract Rationale and Objective We recently introduced a model of operant social reward in
which female CD1 mice lever press for access to affiliative social interaction with a …

Mice and rats are widely used to explore mechanisms of mammalian social behavior in
health and disease, raising the question whether they actually differ in their social behavior …

Human behavior is strongly influenced by our motivation to establish social relationships
and maintain them throughout life. Despite the importance of social behavior across species …

Social interaction is a complex and highly conserved behavior that safeguards survival and
reproductive success. Although considerable progress has been made regarding our …

Social interaction promotes survival by helping animals to form stable and supportive
groups. Additionally, maladaptive social behavior is a hallmark of disorders such as autism …

The capacity and motivation to be social is a key component of the human adaptive
behavioral repertoire. Recent research has identified social behaviors remarkably similar to …

Social interactions are a fundamental and adaptive component of the biology of numerous
species. Social recognition is critical for the structure and stability of the networks and …