Adaptive social behavior requires transmission and reception of salient social information.
Impairment of this reciprocity is a cardinal symptom of autism. The amygdala is a critical …

Social behaviors, how individuals act cooperatively and competitively with conspecifics, are
widely seen across species. Rodents display various social behaviors, and many different …

Abstract Although Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is increasing in diagnostic prevalence,
treatment options are inadequate largely due to limited understanding of ASD's underlying …

The prefrontal cortex (PFC) plays an important role in regulating social functions in
mammals, and its dysfunction has been linked to social deficits in neurodevelopmental …

Social encounters are associated with varying degrees of emotional arousal and stress. The
mechanisms underlying adequate socioemotional balance are unknown. The medial …

Social neuroscience, the study of the neurobiological basis of social behavior, has become
a major area of current research in behavioral neuroscience and psychiatry, since many …

Social motivation is critical to the development of typical social functioning. Social
motivation, specifically one or more of its components (eg, social reward seeking or social …

Social and reward signal processing and their association are critical elements of social
motivation. Despite the use of reward learning to improve the social interactions of patients …

Social interactions are shaped by features of the interactants, including age, emotion, sex,
and familiarity. Age-specific responses to social affect are evident when an adult male rat is …

Social deficits are common in many psychiatric disorders. However, due to inadequate tools
for manipulating circuit activity in humans and unspecific paradigms for modeling social …