Neurobiology of Loneliness, Isolation, and Loss: Integrating Human and Animal Perspectives

The neural circuitry of social homeostasis: Consequences of acute versus chronic social isolation

(2021) Christopher R. Lee et al.   CELL

Raised without a father: monoparental care effects over development, sexual behavior, sexual reward, and pair bonding in prairie voles

(2021) Guillermo Valera-Marín et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Neurobiology of loneliness: a systematic review

(2021) Jeffrey A. Lam et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

The brain oxytocin and corticotropin-releasing factor systems in grieving mothers: What we know and what we need to learn

(2021) Luisa Demarchi et al.   PEPTIDES

The effectiveness of psychological interventions for loneliness: A systematic review and meta-analysis

(2021) Nisha Hickin et al.   CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW

Morphological changes in the basolateral amygdala and behavioral disruptions associated with social isolation

(2021) Michael J. Hylin et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Acute social isolation and regrouping cause short- and long-term molecular changes in the rat medial amygdala

(2021) Danit Lavenda-Grosberg et al.   MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY

Oxytocin Is a Positive Allosteric Modulator of κ-Opioid Receptors but Not δ-Opioid Receptors in the G Protein Signaling Pathway

(2021) Kanako Miyano et al.   Cells

Conflicted or close: Which relationships to the deceased are associated with loss‐related psychopathology?

(2021) Marcin Sekowski et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Interoceptive accuracy and its impact on neuronal responses to olfactory stimulation in the insular cortex

(2020) Carina J. Koeppel et al.   HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING

Oxytocin in the dorsal raphe nucleus antagonizes the inhibition of maternal care induced by food deprivation

(2020) Motoyuki Fujisaki et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Loneliness and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: A study among Dutch older adults

(2020) Theo G van Tilburg et al.   JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Loneliness: A signature mental health concern in the era of COVID-19

(2020) William D.S. Killgore et al.   PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH

Neural representation of social concepts: a coordinate-based meta-analysis of fMRI studies

(2020) Maria Arioli et al.   Brain Imaging and Behavior

Comparison of neurotransmitter levels, physiological conditions, and emotional behavior between isolation‐housed rats with group‐housed rats

(2020) Yuta Kaneda et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOBIOLOGY

Prevalence and predictors of general psychiatric disorders and loneliness during COVID-19 in the United Kingdom

(2020) Lambert Zixin Li et al.   PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH

Who is lonely in lockdown? Cross-cohort analyses of predictors of loneliness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

(2020) F. Bu et al.   PUBLIC HEALTH

Behavioral and neuroendocrine consequences of disrupting a long-term monogamous social bond in aging prairie voles

(2020) Angela J. Grippo et al.   STRESS-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON THE BIOLOGY OF STRESS

Acute social isolation evokes midbrain craving responses similar to hunger

(2020) Livia Tomova et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Mindfulness, Interoception, and Olfaction: A Network Approach

(2020) Barbara Lefranc et al.   Brain Sciences

Adult Attachment System Links With Brain Mu Opioid Receptor Availability In Vivo

(2020) Otto Turtonen et al.   Biological Psychiatry-Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

Post-weaning social isolation exacerbates aggression in both sexes and affects the vasopressin and oxytocin system in a sex-specific manner

(2019) Vinícius Elias de Moura Oliveira et al.   NEUROPHARMACOLOGY

Neural mechanisms of social homeostasis

(2019) Gillian A. Matthews et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Oxytocin administration prevents cellular aging caused by social isolation

(2019) Jennie R. Stevenson et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Long-Term Behavioral Effects of Post-weaning Social Isolation in Males and Females

(2019) Deena M. Walker et al.   Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Adult social isolation leads to anxiety and spatial memory impairment: Brain activity pattern of COx and c-Fos

(2019) Candela Zorzo et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Impact of housing conditions on social behavior, neuroimmune markers, and oxytocin receptor expression in aged male and female Fischer 344 rats

(2019) Amy E. Perkins et al.   EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY

Behavioural responses of free-ranging Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) towards dying and dead conspecifics

(2019) Nachiketha Sharma et al.   PRIMATES

Sex-dependent effects of social isolation on the regulation of arginine-vasopressin (AVP) V1a, oxytocin (OT) and serotonin (5HT) 1a receptor binding and aggression

(2019) Amy P. Ross et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Dopaminergic cellular and circuit contributions to kappa opioid receptor mediated aversion

(2019) Elyssa B. Margolis et al.   NEUROCHEMISTRY INTERNATIONAL

The neuroscience of unmet social needs

(2019) Livia Tomova et al.   Social Neuroscience

Structural Brain Correlates of Loneliness among Older Adults

(2019) Sandra Düzel et al.   Scientific Reports

Revisiting paternal absence: Female alloparental replacement of fathers recovers partner preference formation in female, but not male prairie voles ( Microtus ochrogaster )

(2019) Forrest Dylan Rogers et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOBIOLOGY

Oxytocin regulates reunion affiliation with a pairmate following social separation in marmosets

(2018) Jon Cavanaugh et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY

Intranasal oxytocin modulates neural functional connectivity during human social interaction

(2018) James K. Rilling et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY

Anxiety-like behavior and neuropeptide receptor expression in male and female prairie voles: The effects of stress and social buffering

(2018) Meghan Donovan et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Oxytocin Receptors in the Anteromedial Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis Promote Stress-Induced Social Avoidance in Female California Mice

(2018) Natalia Duque-Wilckens et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Neurobiology and consequences of social isolation stress in animal model—A comprehensive review

(2018) Faiza Mumtaz et al.   BIOMEDICINE & PHARMACOTHERAPY

Serotonin receptor regulation as a potential mechanism for sexually dimorphic oxytocin dysregulation in a model of Autism

(2018) Kimbra A. Edwards et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

The Neuropeptide Tac2 Controls a Distributed Brain State Induced by Chronic Social Isolation Stress

(2018) Moriel Zelikowsky et al.   CELL

With a little help from my friends: A computational model for the role of social support in mood regulation

(2018) Seyed Amin Tabatabaei et al.   Cognitive Systems Research

Neuropeptide oxytocin enhances μ opioid receptor signaling as a positive allosteric modulator

(2018) Yoshiyuki Meguro et al.   JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Insular cortex mediates approach and avoidance responses to social affective stimuli

(2018) Morgan M. Rogers-Carter et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Investigating the influence of social support on experimental pain and related physiological arousal: A systematic review and meta-analysis

(2018) Xianwei Che et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Long-Term Isolation Elicits Depression and Anxiety-Related Behaviors by Reducing Oxytocin-Induced GABAergic Transmission in Central Amygdala

(2018) Rafael T. Han et al.   Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Chronic Social Isolation Stress during Peri-Adolescence Alters Presynaptic Dopamine Terminal Dynamics via Augmentation in Accumbal Dopamine Availability

(2018) Anushree N. Karkhanis et al.   ACS Chemical Neuroscience

Involvement of opioid system in behavioral despair induced by social isolation stress in mice

(2018) Arvin Haj-Mirzaian et al.   BIOMEDICINE & PHARMACOTHERAPY

Sex-dependent regulation of social reward by oxytocin receptors in the ventral tegmental area

(2018) Johnathan M. Borland et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Ongoing Monitoring of Mindwandering in Avoidant Grief Through Cortico-Basal-Ganglia Interactions

(2018) Noam Schneck et al.   Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Effects of Pup Separation on Stress Response in Postpartum Female Rats

(2017) et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

The presence of anxiety, depression and stress in women and their partners during pregnancies following perinatal loss: A meta-analysis

(2017) Amanda Hunter et al.   JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS

Prevalence of prolonged grief disorder in adult bereavement: A systematic review and meta-analysis

(2017) Marie Lundorff et al.   JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS

Laughter as a Neurochemical Mechanism Aimed at Reinforcing Social Bonds: Integrating Evidence from Opioidergic Activity and Brain Stimulation

(2017) Fausto Caruana   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Social Laughter Triggers Endogenous Opioid Release in Humans

(2017) Sandra Manninen et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Excessive D1 Dopamine Receptor Activation in the Dorsal Striatum Promotes Autistic-Like Behaviors

(2017) Yunjin Lee et al.   MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY

A circuit-based mechanism underlying familiarity signaling and the preference for novelty

(2017) Susanna Molas et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Perceived social isolation is associated with altered functional connectivity in neural networks associated with tonic alertness and executive control

(2017) Elliot A. Layden et al.   NEUROIMAGE

Dorsal Raphe Dopamine Neurons Modulate Arousal and Promote Wakefulness by Salient Stimuli

(2017) Jounhong Ryan Cho et al.   NEURON

Exposure to unpredictable maternal sensory signals influences cognitive development across species

(2017) Elysia Poggi Davis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Partner Loss in Monogamous Rodents

(2017) Yoji Osako et al.   PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE

Gating of social reward by oxytocin in the ventral tegmental area

(2017) Lin W. Hung et al.   SCIENCE

Corticotropin-releasing hormone-binding protein and stress: from invertebrates to humans

(2017) Kyle D. Ketchesin et al.   STRESS-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON THE BIOLOGY OF STRESS

The protective effects of social bonding on behavioral and pituitary-adrenal axis reactivity to chronic mild stress in prairie voles

(2017) Neal McNeal et al.   STRESS-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON THE BIOLOGY OF STRESS

Lack of Social Support Raises Stress Vulnerability in Rats with a History of Ancestral Stress

(2017) Jamshid Faraji et al.   Scientific Reports

The Social Salience Hypothesis of Oxytocin

(2016) Simone G. Shamay-Tsoory et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Brain regional differences in social encounter-induced Fos expression in male and female rats after post-weaning social isolation

(2016) Megan Ahern et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

Dorsal Raphe Dopamine Neurons Represent the Experience of Social Isolation

(2016) Gillian A. Matthews et al.   CELL

Silent disco: dancing in synchrony leads to elevated pain thresholds and social closeness

(2016) Bronwyn Tarr et al.   EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR

Fundamental problems with the cooperative breeding hypothesis. A reply to Burkart & van Schaik

(2016) A. Thornton et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Disrupted prefrontal activity during emotion processing in complicated grief: An fMRI investigation

(2016) Brian Arizmendi et al.   NEUROIMAGE

Social touch modulates endogenous μ-opioid system activity in humans

(2016) Lauri Nummenmaa et al.   NEUROIMAGE

Social isolation rearing increases dopamine uptake and psychostimulant potency in the striatum

(2016) Jordan T. Yorgason et al.   NEUROPHARMACOLOGY

Early-Life Social Isolation Stress Increases Kappa Opioid Receptor Responsiveness and Downregulates the Dopamine System

(2016) Anushree N Karkhanis et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Loneliness in late-life depression: structural and functional connectivity during affective processing

(2016) N. M. L. Wong et al.   PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE

Oxytocin in the nucleus accumbens shell reverses CRFR2-evoked passive stress-coping after partner loss in monogamous male prairie voles

(2016) Oliver J. Bosch et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Local oxytocin tempers anxiety by activating GABAA receptors in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus

(2016) Adam S. Smith et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Opioids and social bonding: naltrexone reduces feelings of social connection

(2016) Tristen K. Inagaki et al.   Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Challenges to the Pair Bond: Neural and Hormonal Effects of Separation and Reunion in a Monogamous Primate

(2016) Katie Hinde et al.   Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Emotional arousal when watching drama increases pain threshold and social bonding

(2016) R. I. M. Dunbar et al.   Royal Society Open Science

The Nucleus Accumbens: An Interface Between Cognition, Emotion, and Action

(2015) Stan B. Floresco   Annual Review of Psychology

The Neuroendocrinology of Social Isolation

(2015) John T. Cacioppo et al.   Annual Review of Psychology

Effects of acute and chronic social defeat stress are differentially mediated by the dynorphin/kappa-opioid receptor system

(2015) Rachel J. Donahue et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PHARMACOLOGY

Synchrony and exertion during dance independently raise pain threshold and encourage social bonding

(2015) Bronwyn Tarr et al.   Biology Letters

Distribution of oxytocin and co-localization with arginine vasopressin in the brain of mice

(2015) Marcos Otero-García et al.   Brain Structure & Function

Implicit attention to negative social, in contrast to nonsocial, words in the Stroop task differs between individuals high and low in loneliness: Evidence from event-related brain microstates

(2015) Stephanie Cacioppo et al.   CORTEX

Common and divergent psychobiological mechanisms underlying maternal behaviors in non-human and human mammals

(2015) Joseph S. Lonstein et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Adult attachment style is associated with cerebral μ-opioid receptor availability in humans

(2015) Lauri Nummenmaa et al.   HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING

Interoceptive predictions in the brain

(2015) Lisa Feldman Barrett et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

The effects of acute social isolation on long-term social recognition memory

(2015) Noam Leser et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MEMORY

Topography of social touching depends on emotional bonds between humans

(2015) Juulia T. Suvilehto et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Yearning for connection? Loneliness is associated with increased ventral striatum activity to close others

(2015) Tristen K. Inagaki et al.   Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

White matter structures associated with loneliness in young adults

(2015) Seishu Nakagawa et al.   Scientific Reports

The ice-breaker effect: singing mediates fast social bonding

(2015) Eiluned Pearce et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Grief and bereavement: what psychiatrists need to know

(2015) SIDNEY ZISOOK et al.   World Psychiatry

Social Isolation Rearing Increases Nucleus Accumbens Dopamine and Norepinephrine Responses to Acute Ethanol in Adulthood

(2014) Anushree N. Karkhanis et al.   ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH

Breaking bonds in male prairie vole: Long-term effects on emotional and social behavior, physiology, and neurochemistry

(2014) P. Sun et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

The amygdala as a hub in brain networks that support social life

(2014) Kevin C. Bickart et al.   NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA

White matter structure in loneliness

(2014) Yin Tian et al.   NEUROREPORT

Autism, oxytocin and interoception

(2014) E. Quattrocki et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Disruption of social bonds induces behavioral and physiological dysregulation in male and female prairie voles

(2013) Neal McNeal et al.   AUTONOMIC NEUROSCIENCE-BASIC & CLINICAL

Hypothalamic Oxytocin Mediates Social Buffering of the Stress Response

(2013) Adam S. Smith et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

The role of the HPA-axis in understanding psychopathology: cause, consequence, mediator, or moderator?

(2013) Jan K. Buitelaar   EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY

Enduring increases in anxiety-like behavior and rapid nucleus accumbens dopamine signaling in socially isolated rats

(2013) Jordan T. Yorgason et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Feeling Lonely Versus Being Alone: Loneliness and Social Support Among Recently Bereaved Persons

(2013) R. L. Utz et al.   JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Social reward requires coordinated activity of nucleus accumbens oxytocin and serotonin

(2013) Gül Dölen et al.   NATURE

Rapid and Reversible Impairments of Short- and Long-Term Social Recognition Memory Are Caused by Acute Isolation of Adult Rats via Distinct Mechanisms

(2013) Hadar Shahar-Gold et al.   PLoS One

Reflections on agranular architecture: predictive coding in the motor cortex

(2013) Stewart Shipp et al.   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

The nucleus accumbens as a nexus between values and goals in goal-directed behavior: a review and a new hypothesis

(2013) Francesco Mannella et al.   Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Cognition–Emotion Integration in the Anterior Insular Cortex

(2012) Xiaosi Gu et al.   CEREBRAL CORTEX

Social isolation impairs adult neurogenesis in the limbic system and alters behaviors in female prairie voles

(2012) Claudia Lieberwirth et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Intrinsic Amygdala-Cortical Functional Connectivity Predicts Social Network Size in Humans

(2012) K. C. Bickart et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Evidence for the existence of dopamine d2-oxytocin receptor heteromers in the ventral and dorsal striatum with facilitatory receptor–receptor interactions

(2012) W Romero-Fernandez et al.   MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY

Overlapping activity in anterior insula during interoception and emotional experience

(2012) Jamil Zaki et al.   NEUROIMAGE

Evoked Axonal Oxytocin Release in the Central Amygdala Attenuates Fear Response

(2012) H. Sophie Knobloch et al.   NEURON

The behavioral, anatomical and pharmacological parallels between social attachment, love and addiction

(2012) James P. Burkett et al.   PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

The brain opioid theory of social attachment: a review of the evidence

(2011) A.J. Machin et al.   BEHAVIOUR

Both oxytocin and vasopressin are mediators of maternal care and aggression in rodents: From central release to sites of action

(2011) Oliver J. Bosch et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

From Social Structural Factors to Perceptions of Relationship Quality and Loneliness: The Chicago Health, Aging, and Social Relations Study

(2011) L. C. Hawkley et al.   JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Strontium isotope evidence for landscape use by early hominins

(2011) Sandi R. Copeland et al.   NATURE

Neuroanatomical evidence for reciprocal regulation of the corticotrophin-releasing factor and oxytocin systems in the hypothalamus and the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis of the rat: Implications for balancing stress and affect

(2011) Joanna Dabrowska et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Mesolimbic Dopamine Transients in Motivated Behaviors: Focus on Maternal Behavior

(2011) Donita L. Robinson et al.   Frontiers in Psychiatry

Oxytocin increases autonomic cardiac control: Moderation by loneliness

(2010) Greg J. Norman et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Individual Differences in Reactivity to Social Stress Predict Susceptibility and Resilience to a Depressive Phenotype: Role of Corticotropin-Releasing Factor

(2010) Susan K. Wood et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Oxytocin-Dopamine Interactions Mediate Variations in Maternal Behavior in the Rat

(2010) Dara K. Shahrokh et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Differential Involvement of Somatosensory and Interoceptive Cortices during the Observation of Affective Touch

(2010) Sjoerd J. H. Ebisch et al.   JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE

Viewing Pictures of a Romantic Partner Reduces Experimental Pain: Involvement of Neural Reward Systems

(2010) Jarred Younger et al.   PLoS One

Different amygdala subregions mediate valence-related and attentional effects of oxytocin in humans

(2010) M. Gamer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Effects of social isolation on mRNA expression for corticotrophin-releasing hormone receptors in prairie voles

(2010) Hossein Pournajafi-Nazarloo et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Large-scale brain networks in cognition: emerging methods and principles

(2010) Steven L. Bressler et al.   TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES

Dopamine–oxytocin interactions in penile erection

(2009) T. A. Baskerville et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Maternal Depression and Anxiety Across the Postpartum Year and Infant Social Engagement, Fear Regulation, and Stress Reactivity

(2009) Ruth Feldman et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY

Coding of pleasant touch by unmyelinated afferents in humans

(2009) Line S Löken et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Stress differentially modulates mRNA expression for corticotrophin-releasing hormone receptors in hypothalamus, hippocampus and pituitary of prairie voles

(2009) Hossein Pournajafi-Nazarloo et al.   NEUROPEPTIDES

Normal Development of Brain Circuits

(2009) Gregory Z Tau et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Associations between the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) and affect, loneliness and intelligence in normal subjects

(2009) Michael J. Lucht et al.   PROGRESS IN NEURO-PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Oxytocin protects against negative behavioral and autonomic consequences of long-term social isolation

(2009) Angela J. Grippo et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Loneliness and cortisol: Momentary, day-to-day, and trait associations

(2009) Leah D. Doane et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

The skin as a social organ

(2009) India Morrison et al.   EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Temporal and Spatial Development of Axonal Maturation and Myelination of White Matter in the Developing Brain

(2008) W. Gao et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEURORADIOLOGY

Adolescent Romantic Relationships

(2008) W. Andrew Collins et al.   Annual Review of Psychology

Offspring-exposure reduces depressive-like behaviour in the parturient female rat

(2008) J PAWLUSKI et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Escitalopram: An open-label study of bereavement-related depression and grief

(2008) Paula L. Hensley et al.   JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS

In the Eye of the Beholder: Individual Differences in Perceived Social Isolation Predict Regional Brain Activation to Social Stimuli

(2008) John T. Cacioppo et al.   JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE

The Dysphoric Component of Stress Is Encoded by Activation of the Dynorphin  -Opioid System

(2008) B. B. Land et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Craving love? Enduring grief activates brain's reward center

(2008) Mary-Frances O'Connor et al.   NEUROIMAGE

Repeated Stimulation of CRF Receptors in the BNST of Rats Selectively Induces Social but not Panic-Like Anxiety

(2008) Younglim Lee et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

The CRF System Mediates Increased Passive Stress-Coping Behavior Following the Loss of a Bonded Partner in a Monogamous Rodent

(2008) Oliver J Bosch et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

The social role of touch in humans and primates: Behavioural function and neurobiological mechanisms

(2008) R.I.M. Dunbar   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

The neurophysiology of unmyelinated tactile afferents

(2008) Håkan Olausson et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

A critical role for the right fronto-insular cortex in switching between central-executive and default-mode networks

(2008) D. Sridharan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA