[HTML][HTML] Mirror neurons 30 years later: implications and applications

L Bonini, C Rotunno, E Arcuri, V Gallese - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2022 - cell.com
Mirror neurons (MNs) were first described in a seminal paper in 1992 as a class of monkey
premotor cells discharging during both action execution and observation. Despite their …

Neural basis of prosocial behavior

YE Wu, W Hong - Trends in Neurosciences, 2022 - cell.com
The ability to behave in ways that benefit other individuals' well-being is among the most
celebrated human characteristics crucial for social cohesiveness. Across mammalian …

Social circuits and their dysfunction in autism spectrum disorder

M Sato, N Nakai, S Fujima, KY Choe, T Takumi - Molecular Psychiatry, 2023 - nature.com
Social behaviors, how individuals act cooperatively and competitively with conspecifics, are
widely seen across species. Rodents display various social behaviors, and many different …

Cortical regulation of hel** behaviour towards others in pain

M Zhang, YE Wu, M Jiang, W Hong - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Humans and animals exhibit various forms of prosocial hel** behaviour towards others in
need,–. Although previous research has investigated how individuals may perceive others' …

The dynamic state of a prefrontal–hypothalamic–midbrain circuit commands behavioral transitions

C Chen, M Altafi, MA Corbu, A Trenk… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Innate behaviors meet multiple needs adaptively and in a serial order, suggesting the
existence of a hitherto elusive brain dynamics that brings together representations of …

Transcriptionally defined amygdala subpopulations play distinct roles in innate social behaviors

JE Lischinsky, L Yin, C Shi, N Prakash, J Burke… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Social behaviors are innate and supported by dedicated neural circuits, but the molecular
identities of these circuits and how they are established developmentally and shaped by …

Amylin-Calcitonin receptor signaling in the medial preoptic area mediates affiliative social behaviors in female mice

K Fukumitsu, M Kaneko, T Maruyama… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Social animals actively engage in contact with conspecifics and experience stress upon
isolation. However, the neural mechanisms coordinating the sensing and seeking of social …

Multi-animal 3D social pose estimation, identification and behaviour embedding with a few-shot learning framework

Y Han, K Chen, Y Wang, W Liu, Z Wang… - Nature Machine …, 2024 - nature.com
The quantification of animal social behaviour is an essential step to reveal brain functions
and psychiatric disorders during interaction phases. While deep learning-based approaches …

Neural mechanisms of comforting: Prosocial touch and stress buffering

KY Lim, W Hong - Hormones and Behavior, 2023 - Elsevier
Comforting is a crucial form of prosocial behavior that is important for maintaining social
unity and improving the physical and emotional well-being of social species. It is often …

[HTML][HTML] Dorsomedial prefrontal hypoexcitability underlies lost empathy in frontotemporal dementia

HL Phillips, H Dai, SY Choi, K Jansen-West, AS Zajicek… - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
Empathic function is essential for the well-being of social species. Empathy loss is
associated with various brain disorders and represents arguably the most distressing feature …