Dynamic influences on the neural encoding of social valence

N Padilla-Coreano, KM Tye… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Social signals can serve as potent emotional triggers with powerful impacts on processes
from cognition to valence processing. How are social signals dynamically and flexibly …

[HTML][HTML] Advancing social behavioral neuroscience by integrating ethology and comparative psychology methods through machine learning

J Bordes, L Miranda, B Müller-Myhsok… - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Social behavior is naturally occurring in vertebrate species, which holds a strong
evolutionary component and is crucial for the normal development and survival of …

Neural mechanism underlying depressive-like state associated with social status loss

Z Fan, J Chang, Y Liang, H Zhu, C Zhang, D Zheng… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Downward social mobility is a well-known mental risk factor for depression, but its neural
mechanism remains elusive. Here, by forcing mice to lose against their subordinates in a …

Cortical astrocytes modulate dominance behavior in male mice by regulating synaptic excitatory and inhibitory balance

K Noh, WH Cho, BH Lee, DW Kim, YS Kim, K Park… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Social hierarchy is established as an outcome of individual social behaviors, such as
dominance behavior during long-term interactions with others. Astrocytes are implicated in …

Lightning Pose: improved animal pose estimation via semi-supervised learning, Bayesian ensembling and cloud-native open-source tools

D Biderman, MR Whiteway, C Hurwitz, N Greenspan… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Contemporary pose estimation methods enable precise measurements of behavior via
supervised deep learning with hand-labeled video frames. Although effective in many cases …

Reciprocal cortico-amygdala connections regulate prosocial and selfish choices in mice

D Scheggia, F La Greca, F Maltese… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Decisions that favor one's own interest versus the interest of another individual depend on
context and the relationships between individuals. The neurobiology underlying selfish …

Sexually dimorphic oxytocin circuits drive intragroup social conflict and aggression in wild house mice

Y Sofer, N Zilkha, E Gimpel, S Wagner… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
In nature, both males and females engage in competitive aggressive interactions to resolve
social conflicts, yet the behavioral principles guiding such interactions and their underlying …

Hippocampal representation during collective spatial behaviour in bats

A Forli, MM Yartsev - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Social animals live and move through spaces shaped by the presence, motion and sensory
cues of multiple other individuals,,,,–. Neural activity in the hippocampus is known to reflect …

The dynamic state of a prefrontal–hypothalamic–midbrain circuit commands behavioral transitions

C Chen, M Altafi, MA Corbu, A Trenk… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Innate behaviors meet multiple needs adaptively and in a serial order, suggesting the
existence of a hitherto elusive brain dynamics that brings together representations of …

[HTML][HTML] Characterizing the mechanisms of social connection

MR Delgado, DS Fareri, LJ Chang - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
Understanding how individuals form and maintain strong social networks has emerged as a
significant public health priority as a result of the increased focus on the epidemic of …