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Social Isolation Co-opts Fear and Aggression Circuits

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Social isolation is a stressful condition that often leads to maladaptive behaviors. In this issue of Cell, Zelikowsky et al. find that chronic social isolation stress triggers an increase in neuronal… Click to show full abstract

Social isolation is a stressful condition that often leads to maladaptive behaviors. In this issue of Cell, Zelikowsky et al. find that chronic social isolation stress triggers an increase in neuronal tachykinin signaling across distinct brain regions that mediate fear and aggression, elucidating the neural basis of these maladaptive responses.

Keywords: social isolation; fear aggression; isolation opts; isolation; opts fear

Journal Title: Cell
Year Published: 2018

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