ReviewMolecular psychiatry2025
Brain circuits that regulate social behavior.
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Abstract
Social interactions are essential for the survival of individuals and the reproduction of populations. Social stressors, such as social defeat and isolation, can lead to emotional disorders and cognitive impairments. Furthermore, dysfunctional social behaviors are hallmark symptoms of various neuropsychiatric disorders, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Consequently, understanding the neural circuit mechanisms underlying social behaviors has become a major focus in neuroscience. Social behaviors, which encompass a wide range of expressions and phases, are regulated by complex neural networks. In this review, we summarize recent progress in identifying the circuits involved in different types of social behaviors, including general social investigation, social preference, mating, aggression, parenting, prosocial behaviors, and dominance behaviors. We also outline the circuit mechanisms associated with social deficits in neuropsychiatric disorders, such as ASD, schizophrenia, and PTSD. Given the pivotal role of rodents in social behavior research, our review primarily focuses on neural circuits in these animals. Finally, we propose future research directions, including the development of specific behavioral paradigms, the identification of circuits involved in motor output, the integration of activity, transcriptome, and connectome data, the multifunctional roles of neurons with multiple targets, and the interactions among multiple brain regions.
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