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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Chen, Patrick
• Hong, Weizhe

Titel

Neural Circuit Mechanisms of Social Behavior

Ist Teil von

• Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.), 2018-04, Vol.98 (1), p.16-30

Ort / Verlag

United States: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We live in a world that is largely socially constructed, and we are constantly involved in and fundamentally influenced by a broad array of complex social interactions. Social behaviors among conspecifics, either conflictive or cooperative, are exhibited by all sexually reproducing animal species and are essential for the health, survival, and reproduction of animals. Conversely, impairment in social function is a prominent feature of several neuropsychiatric disorders, such as autism spectrum disorders and schizophrenia. Despite the importance of social behaviors, many fundamental questions remain unanswered. How is social sensory information processed and integrated in the nervous system? How are different social behavioral decisions selected and modulated in brain circuits? Here we discuss conceptual issues and recent advances in our understanding of brain regions and neural circuit mechanisms underlying the regulation of social behaviors. Social behaviors are universal throughout the animal kingdom and play pivotal roles in human health and society. In this Review, Chen and Hong discuss the neural circuit mechanisms and principles underlying social behaviors in rodent model systems, as well as potential areas for future research.