Sex, love and oxytocin: Two metaphors and a molecule

CS Carter - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Dozens of studies, most conducted in the last four decades, have implicated oxytocin, as
well as vasopressin and their receptors, in processes that mediate selective sociality and the …

[HTML][HTML] Influencing cognitive performance via social interactions: a novel therapeutic approach for brain disorders based on neuroanatomical mapping?

SD Lanooij, ULM Eisel, WHIM Drinkenburg… - Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Many psychiatric and neurological disorders present deficits in both the social and cognitive
domain. In this perspectives article, we provide an overview and the potential of the …

Loneliness and risk of all-cause, Alzheimer's, vascular, and frontotemporal dementia: a prospective study of 492,322 individuals over 15 years

AR Sutin, M Luchetti, D Aschwanden, X Zhu… - International …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Objectives: This study examined the association between loneliness and risk of incident all-
cause dementia and whether the association extends to specific causes of dementia …

Impact of social isolation on grey matter structure and cognitive functions: A population-based longitudinal neuroimaging study

L Lammer, F Beyer, M Luppa, C Sanders, R Baber… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Background: Social isolation has been suggested to increase the risk to develop cognitive
decline. However, our knowledge on causality and neurobiological underpinnings is still …

Brain‐wide associations between white matter and age highlight the role of fornix microstructure in brain ageing

M Korbmacher, AM de Lange… - Human brain …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Unveiling the details of white matter (WM) maturation throughout ageing is a fundamental
question for understanding the ageing brain. In an extensive comparison of brain age …

[HTML][HTML] Greenspace and mortality in the UK Biobank: longitudinal cohort analysis of socio-economic, environmental, and biomarker pathways

S Wan, D Rojas-Rueda, J Pretty, C Roscoe… - SSM-Population …, 2022 - Elsevier
Exposure to natural greenspace benefits health through direct and indirect pathways:
increasing physical activity, improving mental health, relieving social isolation, reducing …

[HTML][HTML] Affective neuroscience of loneliness: potential mechanisms underlying the association between perceived social isolation, health, and well-being

AJ Finley, SM Schaefer - Journal of psychiatry and brain science, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Loneliness, or the subjective feeling of social isolation, is an important social determinant of
health. Loneliness is associated with poor physical health, including higher rates of …

[HTML][HTML] Socioeconomic deprivation, genetic risk, and incident dementia

M Klee, AK Leist, M Veldsman, JM Ranson… - American Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Socioeconomic factors and genetic predisposition are established risk factors
for dementia. It remains unclear whether associations of socioeconomic deprivation with …

The associations among childhood trauma, loneliness, mental health symptoms, and indicators of social exclusion in adulthood: A UK Biobank study

SF Allen, S Gilbody, K Atkin… - Brain and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Childhood trauma has been associated with adult psychosocial outcomes linked to
social exclusion. However, the strength of these associations in the general population is …

[HTML][HTML] Bio-psycho-social factors' associations with brain age: a large-scale UK Biobank diffusion study of 35,749 participants

M Korbmacher, TP Gurholt, AMG de Lange… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Brain age refers to age predicted by brain features. Brain age has previously been
associated with various health and disease outcomes and suggested as a potential …