Neurobiology of loneliness, isolation, and loss: integrating human and animal perspectives

EM Vitale, AS Smith - Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In social species such as humans, non-human primates, and even many rodent species,
social interaction and the maintenance of social bonds are necessary for mental and …

Insular cortex modulates social avoidance of sick rats

NS Rieger, NB Worley, AJ Ng… - Behavioural brain research, 2022 - Elsevier
Avoidance of sick individuals is vital to the preservation of one's health and preventing
transmission of communicable diseases. To do this successfully, one must identify social …

The basolateral amygdala to posterior insular cortex tract is necessary for social interaction with stressed juvenile rats

A Djerdjaj, AJ Ng, NS Rieger, JP Christianson - Behavioural brain research, 2022 - Elsevier
Vocalizations, chemosignals, and behaviors are influenced by one's internal affective state
and are used by others to shape social behaviors. A network of interconnected brain …

Social affective behaviors among female rats involve the basolateral amygdala and insular cortex

A Djerdjaj, NS Rieger, BH Brady, BN Carey, AJ Ng… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The ability to detect, appraise, and respond to another's emotional state is essential to social
affective behavior. This is mediated by a network of brain regions responsible for integrating …

Prior stress experience modulates social preference for stressed conspecifics in male rats

M Toyoshima, K Mitsui, K Yamada - Neuroscience Letters, 2021 - Elsevier
Adult male rats tend to avoid adult conspecifics in distress. In this study, we asked whether
prior stress experience would modulate social preference for a stressed conspecific using a …