The striatal and pallidal complexes are basal ganglia structures that orchestrate learning
and execution of flexible behavior. Models of how the basal ganglia subserve these …

Omnivores, including rodents and humans, compose their diets from a wide variety of
potential foods. Beyond the guidance of a few basic orosensory biases such as attraction to …

The hippocampus is pivotal in integrating emotional processing, learning, memory, and
reward-related behaviors. The dorsal hippocampus (dHPC) is particularly crucial for …

Cocaine craving, seeking, and relapse are mediated, in part, by cocaine-induced adaptive
changes in the brain reward circuits. The nucleus accumbens (NAc) integrates and …

Hedonic feeding is driven by the “pleasure” derived from consuming palatable food and
occurs in the absence of metabolic need. It plays a critical role in the excessive feeding that …

The gut microbiota has the capacity to affect host appetite via intestinal satiety pathways, as
well as complex feeding behaviors. In this Review, we highlight recent evidence that the gut …

Loneliness is a public health concern with detrimental effects on physical and mental well-
being. Given phenotypical overlaps between loneliness and social anxiety (SA), cognitive …

Feeding behavior is a complex physiological process regulated by the interplay between
homeostatic and hedonic feeding circuits. Among the neural structures involved, the nucleus …

Oxytocin is a peptide‐hormone extensively studied for its multifaceted biological functions
and has recently gained attention for its role in eating behavior, through its action as an …

The ventral hippocampus (vHPC) has long been thought of as the “emotional” hippocampus.
Over the past several years, the complexity of vHPC has come to light, highlighting the …