Social hierarchy greatly impacts physical and mental health, but the relationship between
social hierarchy and depression/anxiety and the underlying neural mechanism remain …

Background Depression is common and results in a significant morbidity and economic
burden. Depression is associated with pervasive impairments in social functioning, and …

Social hierarchy is considered to impart an adaptive advantage to the species by reducing
long-term conflict between conspecifics. While social stratification is frequently established …

The establishment and maintenance of social dominance are critical for social stability and
the survival and health of individual animals. Stress lead to depression and a decrease in …

Social hierarchy is a fundamental feature of social organization that can influence brain and
emotional processing regarding social ranks. Several areas, including the medial prefrontal …

Hierarchical social status greatly influences behavior and health. Human and animal studies
have begun to identify the brain regions that are activated during the formation of social …

Social stratification has important implications for health and well-being, with individuals
lower in standing in a hierarchy experiencing worse outcomes than those higher up the …

The ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) plays key roles in higher cognitive abilities,
including mental representations and the regulation of emotion. Previous studies have …

Fear-related behaviors are rigidly controlled by the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC). The
mPFC is activated by the prosocial hormone oxytocin, which plays an important role in social …

Stress is a contributing factor in the etiology of several mood and anxiety disorders, and
social defeat models are used to investigate the biological basis of stress-related …