Social homeostasis is the ability of individuals to detect the quantity and quality of social
contact, compare it to an established set-point in a command center, and adjust the effort …

Plasticity in animal behaviour relies on the ability to integrate external and internal cues from
the changing environment and hence modulate activity in synaptic circuits of the brain. This …

The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster Toll signaling pathway has an evolutionarily
conserved role in controlling immune responses. Whereas the microbial recognition …

Prolonged periods of social isolation can have detrimental effects on the physiology and
behavior of exposed individuals in humans and animal models. This involves complex …

Social isolation, particularly in early life, leads to deleterious physiological and behavioral
outcomes. Here, we leverage new high-throughput tools to comprehensively investigate the …

An organism's behaviour is influenced by its social environment. Experiences such as social
isolation or crowding may have profound short or long-term effects on an individual's …

Social enrichment or social isolation affects a range of innate behaviors, such as sex,
aggression, and sleep, but whether there is a shared mechanism is not clear. Here, we …

Parasitoid wasps inflict widespread death upon the insect world. Hundreds of thousands of
parasitoid wasp species kill a vast range of insect species. Insects have evolved defensive …

This review describes the role of social isolation in the development of anxiety and
depression-like behavior in rodents. The duration of social isolation, age from onset of social …

Many organisms, including humans, have evolved dynamic social behaviors to promote
survival. Public health studies show that isolation from social groups is a major risk factor for …