Syrian hamsters show complex social play behavior and provide a valuable animal model
for delineating the neurobiological mechanisms and functions of social play. In this review …

Social behaviors entail responses to social information and requires the perception and
integration of social cues through a complex cognition process that involves attention …

Humans and animals live in social relationships shaped by actions of approach and
avoidance. Both are crucial for normal physical and mental development, survival, and well …

The medial amygdala (MeA) controls several types of social behavior via its projections to
other limbic regions. Cells in the posterior dorsal and posterior ventral medial amygdala …

Tremendous individual differences exist in stress responsivity and social defeat stress is a
key approach for identifying cellular mechanisms of stress susceptibility and resilience …

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

Background Neurotropic virus-based tracers have been extensively applied in mapping and
manipulation of neural circuits. However, their neurotropic and neurotoxic properties remain …

The ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) plays a critical role in stress resilience through
top-down inhibition of key stress-sensitive limbic and hindbrain structures, including the …

In most social species, the attainment of social dominance is strongly affected by personality
traits. Dominant individuals show better cognitive abilities, however, whether an individual's …

Some diabetes patients develop depression, the main treatment for which is
antidepressants. Pharmacological interactions between insulin and antidepressants (eg …