Introduction: The amygdala is a limbic region of high value for understanding anxiety and its
treatment. Dopamine D2 receptors (D2Rs) and oxytocin receptors (OXTRs) have both been …

Different stressors can elicit neuroinflammatory responses modulated by innate immunity
receptors, such as the family of Toll-like receptors (TLRs). The TLR4, a pattern recognition …

Human touch has an enormous power to engender and mediate meaning in the human
mind, from the emotional to the pragmatic, and from the linguistic to the symbolic. Can a …

Depression is a significant mental health issue with extensive economic implications, and
recent studies suggest it may be transmitted between individuals. However, the mechanisms …

Paternal predation risk can program offspring phenotypes via maternal responses and
epigenetic marks of spermatozoa. However, the processes and consequences of this …

Introduction Social buffering is the phenomenon, in which stress and fear reactions caused
by exposure to stressful stimuli when animals are exposed to homogeneous relationships …

Background Having a sibling with autism spectrum disorder is a risk factor for autism
spectrum disorder. We used a rat model in which the general anesthetic sevoflurane (SEVO) …

This study investigated the impact of social isolation in Carioca High-Conditioned Freezing
(CHF) rats, an animal model of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Animals selected for …

Recently, social isolation measures were crucial to prevent the spread of the coronavirus
pandemic. However, the lack of social interactions affected the population mental health and …

Stress contagion refers to the phenomenon where people unconsciously absorb stress
reactions from another individual in the stressed state, through observation or direct contact …