An amygdala-to-hypothalamus circuit for social reward

RK Hu, Y Zuo, T Ly, J Wang, P Meera, YE Wu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Social interactions and relationships are often rewarding, but the neural mechanisms
through which social interaction drives positive experience remain poorly understood. In this …

Oxytocin neurons mediate the effect of social isolation via the VTA circuits

S Musardo, A Contestabile, M Knoop, O Baud… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Social interaction during adolescence strongly influences brain function and behavior, and
the recent pandemic has emphasized the devastating effect of social distancing on mental …

Deconstructing the contribution of sensory cues in social approach

A Contestabile, G Casarotto, B Girard… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Social interaction is a complex and highly conserved behavior that safeguards survival and
reproductive success. Although considerable progress has been made regarding our …

Oxytocin modulates neurocomputational mechanisms underlying prosocial reinforcement learning

D Martins, P Lockwood, J Cutler, R Moran… - Progress in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Humans often act in the best interests of others. However, how we learn which actions result
in good outcomes for other people and the neurochemical systems that support this …

Dopamine biases sensitivity to personal goals and social influence in self-control over everyday desires

JJ Castrellon, JS Young, LC Dang, CT Smith… - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
People regularly give in to daily temptations in spite of conflict with personal goals. To test
hypotheses about neuropharmacological influences on self-control, we used positron …

The Hormonal Regulation of Dorsal Hippocampal D2-Type Dopamine Receptor Mediated Social Learning in Male and Female Mice

N Bass - 2023 - atrium.lib.uoguelph.ca
The regulatory mechanisms of social learning, or learning by watching or observing others,
are poorly understood, but in animals may be tested using the social transmission of food …

Visual cortical plasticity in neurofibromatosis type 1

FM Ribeiro - 2022 - estudogeral.uc.pt
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a group of neurodevelopmental disorders
characterized by deficits in social communication, restrictive interests and repetitive …