Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is a crippling psychiatric disorder characterized by intense
fear or anxiety in social situations and their avoidance. However, the underlying biology of …

Social behaviours are essential for animal survival, and the hypothalamic neuropeptide
oxytocin (OXT) critically impacts bonding, parenting, and decision-making. Dopamine (DA) …

Oxytocin (OT), a hypothalamic nonaneuropeptide, can extensively modulate mental and
physical activities; however, the regulation of its secretion from hypothalamic OT neurons …

Individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) show difficulty in recognizing
emotions in others, a process termed emotion recognition. While human fMRI studies linked …

Engaging in positive social (ie, prosocial) interactions during adolescence acts to modulate
neural circuits that determine adult adaptive behavior. While accumulating evidence …

It has been well established that a consolidated memory can be updated during the plastic
state induced by reactivation. This updating process opens the possibility to modify …

Oxytocin (OXT) is an “affiliative” hormone or neurohormone or neuropeptide consists of nine
amino acids, synthesized in magnocellular neurons of paraventricular (PVN) and supraoptic …

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has become one of the most well-known disorders
encountered since early childhood among people. Nowadays, the main concerns are its …

Background The flexibility to adjust actions and attitudes in response to varying social
situations is a fundamental aspect of adaptive social behavior. Adaptive social behaviors …

Stress is a major risk for the onset of several maladaptive processes including pathological
anxiety, a diffuse state of heightened apprehension over anticipated threats. Pathological …