Dopamine and serotonin in human substantia nigra track social context and value signals during economic exchange

SR Batten, D Bang, BH Kopell, AN Davis… - Nature human …, 2024 - nature.com
Dopamine and serotonin are hypothesized to guide social behaviours. In humans, however,
we have not yet been able to study neuromodulator dynamics as social interaction unfolds …

Aesthetic chills cause an emotional drift in valence and arousal

A Jain, F Schoeller, A Horowitz, X Hu, G Yan… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Aesthetic chills are an embodied peak emotional experience induced by stimuli such as
music, films, and speeches and characterized by dopaminergic release. The emotional …

Facial mimicry is not modulated by dopamine D2/3 and opioid receptor antagonism

S Korb, A Clarke, C Massaccesi, M Willeit, G Silani - Psychopharmacology, 2023 - Springer
Rationale According to theories of embodied cognition, facial mimicry—the spontaneous,
low-intensity imitation of a perceived emotional facial expression—is first an automatic motor …

[HTML][HTML] Early neurotransmitters changes in prodromal frontotemporal dementia: A GENFI study

E Premi, M Pengo, I Mattioli, V Cantoni, J Dukart… - Neurobiology of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Neurotransmitters deficits in Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) are still
poorly understood. Better knowledge of neurotransmitters impairment, especially in …

Deficits in emotion recognition and processing in children with high callous-unemotional traits: the role of the MAOA gene

P Muratori, S Palumbo, S Vellucci, V Mariotti… - European Child & …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Children with high Callous-Unemotional (CU) traits show deficits in recognizing and
processing facial expressions. Alterations in emotion recognition have been linked to a …

Social cognitive deficit is associated with visuomotor coordination impairment and dopamine transporter availability in euthymic bipolar disorder

YT Tsai, CY Chang, CY Wu, YL Huang… - Journal of Psychiatric …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Extensive evidence has suggested functional connections between co-
occurring visuomotor and social cognitive deficits in neuropsychiatric disorders; however …

Disruption of dopamine D2/D3 system function impairs the human ability to understand the mental states of other people

BA Schuster, S Sowden, AJ Rybicki, DS Fraser… - PLoS …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Difficulties in reasoning about others' mental states (ie, mentalising/Theory of Mind) are
highly prevalent among disorders featuring dopamine dysfunctions (eg, Parkinson's …

Microbiome–Gut Dissociation in the Neonate: Autism-Related Developmental Brain Disease and the Origin of the Placebo Effect

D Smith, S Jheeta, HV Fuentes, B Street… - Gastrointestinal …, 2022 - mdpi.com
While the importance of the intestinal microbiome has been realised for a number of years,
the significance of the phrase microbiota–gut–brain axis is only just beginning to be fully …

Dopaminergic manipulations affect the modulation and meta-modulation of movement speed: evidence from two pharmacological interventions

LJ Hickman, SL Sowden, DS Fraser, BA Schuster… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
A body of research implicates dopamine in the average speed of simple movements.
However, naturalistic movements span a range of different shaped trajectories and rarely …

Dopamine challenge reduces mental state attribution accuracy

BA Schuster, S Sowden, AJ Rybicki, DS Fraser… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Difficulties in reasoning about others' mental states (ie, mentalising/Theory of Mind) are
highly prevalent among disorders featuring dopamine dysfunctions (eg, Parkinson's …