Atherosclerotic plaques develop in the inner intimal layer of arteries and can cause heart
attacks and strokes. As plaques lack innervation, the effects of neuronal control on …

The amygdala is a brain region primarily associated with emotional response. The use of
genetic markers and single-cell transcriptomics can provide insights into behavior …

The ability to help and care for others fosters social cohesiveness and is vital to the physical
and emotional well-being of social species, including humans,–. Affiliative social touch, such …

Anxiety disorders affect millions of people worldwide and present a challenge in
neuroscience research because of their substantial heterogeneity in clinical presentation …

Although the evolutionary causes and consequences of pathogen avoidance have been
gaining increasing interest, there has been less attention paid to the proximate …

Discerning the relationship between sociality and longevity would permit a deeper
understanding of how animal life history evolved. Here, we perform a phylogenetic …

Social communication guides decision-making, which is essential for survival. Social
transmission of food preference (STFP) is an ecologically relevant memory paradigm in …

The role of the amygdala in the experience of emotional states and stress is well
established. Connections from the amygdala to the hypothalamus activate the hypothalamic …

Innate social investigation behaviors are critical for animal survival and are regulated by
both neural circuits and neuroendocrine factors. Our understanding of how neuropeptides …

A revised view of the amygdala, its relationship with the prefrontal cortex (PFC), and its role
in intelligent human decision-making is proposed. Based on recent findings, we present a …