Prefrontal cortical executive functions comprise a number of cognitive capabilities necessary
for goal directed behavior and adaptation to a changing environment. Executive dysfunction …

Social interaction is known to be the main source of stress in human beings, which explains
the translational importance of this research in animals. Evidence reported over the last …

A novel approach to reduce the incidence of substance use disorders is to promote
resilience to stress using environmental resources such as physical exercise. In the present …

Many vegetable extracts, essential oils, and their main constituents are active on the Central
Nervous System (CNS). In fact, they have been used as sedatives, hypnotics, or tranquilizers …

Adverse social experiences during adolescence are associated with the appearance of
mental illness in adulthood. Social defeat (SD) is an ethologically valid murine model to …

The neuropeptide oxytocin (OXT) plays a critical role in the regulation of social and
emotional behaviors. OXT plays a role in stress response and in drug reward, but to date no …

The experience of social stress during adolescence is associated with higher vulnerability to
drug use. Increases in the acquisition of cocaine self-administration, in the escalation of …

Previous studies have shown that exposure to social defeat (SD), a model of social stress,
produces a long-term increase in the consumption of ethanol, most likely through an …

The kynurenine (KYN) pathway of tryptophan (TRP) degradation is activated by stress and
inflammatory factors. It is now well established that social stress induces the activation of the …

The lipid-derived messenger oleoylethanolamide (OEA) has been involved in multiple
physiological functions including metabolism and the immune response. More recently, OEA …