While social context has long been considered central to substance use disorder prevention
and treatment and many drug-taking events occur in social settings, experimental research …

Abstract Background and Hypotheses Social dysfunction in schizophrenia includes
symptoms of withdrawal and deficits in social skills, social cognition, and social motivation …

Mood disorders, including depressive and bipolar disorders, are the group of psychiatric
disorders with the highest prevalence and disease burden. However, their pathophysiology …

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 …

Social interactions are rewarding and protective against substance use disorders, but it is
unclear which specific aspect of the complex sensory social experience drives these effects …

Experiencing early life adversity (ELA) alters stress physiology and increases the risk for
developing psychiatric disorders. The social environment can influence dynamics of stress …

The reinforcing nature of social interactions is necessary for the maintenance of appropriate
social behavior. However, the neural substrates underlying social reward processing and …

We performed a comprehensive study of the morphological, functional, and genetic features
of moonwalker (MWK) mice, a mouse model of spinocerebellar ataxia caused by a gain of …

The accessibility of cheap, palatable, and caloric food in the industrialized world has shifted
the primary drive of eating behavior from hunger to pleasure; this change has played a …

Drug addiction is a debilitating chronic psychiatric disorder characterized by a cycle of
recurrent phases. Initial recreational drug use escalates into compulsive and problematic …