Aggression is a social behavior essential for securing resources and defending oneself and
family. Thanks to its indispensable function in competition and thus survival, aggression …

Emotions are fundamental to our experience and behavior, affecting and motivating all
aspects of our lives. Scientists of various disciplines have been fascinated by emotions for …

Breathing is a vital rhythmic motor behavior with a surprisingly broad influence on the brain
and body. The apparent simplicity of breathing belies a complex neural control system, the …

Animal behaviours that are superficially similar can express different intents in different
contexts, but how this flexibility is achieved at the level of neural circuits is not understood …

Main In recent years, substantial advances in social neuroscience have been realized,
including the generation of numerous rodent models of autism spectrum disorder. Still, it can …

The persistence of play after decortication points to a subcortical mechanism of play control.
We found that global blockade of the rat periaqueductal gray with either muscimol or …

Communication plays an integral role in human social dynamics and is impaired in several
neurodevelopmental disorders. Mice are used to study the neurobiology of social behavior; …

Although the ventromedial hypothalamus ventrolateral area (VMHvl) is now well established
as a critical locus for the generation of conspecific aggression, its role is complex, with …

Mice and rats emit ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs), which may express their arousal and
emotional states, to communicate with each other. There is continued scientific effort to …

Serotonergic psychedelics are gaining increasing interest as potential therapeutics for a
range of mental illnesses. Compounds with short-lived subjective effects may be clinically …