Brain-wide circuits that coordinate affective and social behaviours intersect in the amygdala.
Consequently, amygdala lesions cause a heterogeneous array of social and non-social …

Given the prevalence and societal impact of autism spectrum disorders (ASD), there is an
urgent need to develop innovative preventative strategies and treatments to reduce the …

The Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemic is associated with fetal brain lesions and other serious birth
defects classified as congenital ZIKV syndrome. Postnatal ZIKV infection in infants and …

Both hypoactivity and hyperactivity in the amygdala are associated with perturbations in
social behavior. While> 60 years of experimental manipulations of the amygdala in animal …

Anxiety disorders are among the most prevalent psychiatric disorders, causing significant
suffering and disability. Behavioral inhibition is a temperament that is linked to an increased …

Chronic social behavior problems after pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) significantly
contribute to poor quality of life for survivors. Using a well-characterized mouse model of …

Background Infant anaesthesia causes acute brain cell apoptosis, and later in life cognitive
deficits and behavioural alterations, in non-human primates (NHPs). Various brain injuries …

Many nonhuman animals have the emotional capacities to form caring relationships that
matter to them, and for their immediate welfare. Drawing from care ethics, we argue that …

In recent years, a large population of immature neurons has been documented in the
paralaminar nucleus of the primate amygdala. A substantial fraction of these immature …

The present report details the final phase of a longitudinal evaluation of the social behavior
in a cohort of adult rhesus monkeys that received bilateral neurotoxic lesions of the …