Stress and anxiety have intertwined behavioral and neural underpinnings. These
commonalities are critical for understanding each state, as well as their mutual interactions …

The many facets of the oxytocin (OXT) system of the brain and periphery elicited nearly
25,000 publications since 1930 (see, as listed in PubMed), which revealed central roles for …

Although interest in the neurobiology of parent–infant bonding is a century old,
neuroimaging of the human parental brain is recent. After summarizing current comparative …

Social homeostasis is the ability of individuals to detect the quantity and quality of social
contact, compare it to an established set-point in a command center, and adjust the effort …

Social stress can lead to the development of psychological problems ranging from
exaggerated anxiety and depression to antisocial and violence-related behaviors …

Standard practice in the dairy industry is to separate the calf and dam immediately after birth
and raise calves in individual pens during the milk-feeding period. In nature and in extensive …

During the perinatal period, the brain is particularly sensitive to remodelling by
environmental factors. Adverse early‐life experiences, such as stress exposure or …

Early-life stress during the prenatal and postnatal periods affects the formation of neural
networks that influence brain function throughout life. Previous studies have indicated that …

In neuroscience, the term 'Stress' has a negative connotation because of its potential to
trigger or exacerbate psychopathologies. Yet in the face of exposure to stress, the more …

Exposure to prolonged stress in critical developmental periods induces heightened
vulnerability to psychiatric disorders, which may have sex-specific consequences. Here we …