Social connections are vital to survival throughout the animal kingdom and are dynamic
across the life span. There are debilitating consequences of social isolation and loneliness …

Drug use typically occurs within a social context, and social factors play an important role in
the initiation, maintenance and recovery from addictions. There is now accumulating …

The hypothalamic neuropeptide oxytocin (OT), which controls childbirth and lactation,
receives increasing attention for its effects on social behaviors, but how it reaches central …

The ability to maintain health, or recover to a healthy state after disease, is an active process
involving distinct adaptation mechanisms coordinating interactions between all …

Corticosteroids secreted as end product of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis act like a
double-edged sword in the brain. The hormones coordinate appraisal processes and …

Emotional stress has been recognized as a modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular
diseases. The impact of stress on physiological and psychological processes is determined …

Food consumption is thought to induce sleepiness. However, little is known about how
postprandial sleep is regulated. Here, we simultaneously measured sleep and food intake of …

Over-activation of the brain renin-angiotensin system (RAS) has been implicated in the
etiology of anxiety disorders. Angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) inhibits RAS activity …

Since the discovery of vasopressin (VP) and oxytocin (OT) in 1953, considerable knowledge
has been gathered about their roles in cardiovascular homeostasis. Unraveling VP …

One of the challenges facing neuroscience entails localization of circuits and mechanisms
accounting for how multiple features of stress responses are organized to promote survival …