ReviewPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2022
Neural systems that facilitate the representation of social rank.
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- Glutamatergic projections from the substantia nigra pars reticulata to the dorsal raphe nucleus regulate male social hierarchies.PLoS biology · 2026Article
- Social Processing in the Amygdala: Single-Nucleus RNA-Sequencing Reveals Distinct Neuronal Responses to Dominant and Subordinate Cues.Research square · 2026Article
- Social Processing in the Amygdala: Single-Nucleus RNA-Sequencing Reveals Distinct Neuronal Responses to Dominant and Subordinate Cues.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Dopaminergic neurons in the dorsal raphe nucleus may modulate social dominance in mice.Zoological research · 2025Article
- How dopamine guides our social world.Pharmacological reviews · 2025Review
- GABAergic neurons in the dorsal raphe nucleus regulate social hierarchy in mice.Communications biology · 2025Article
- Social dominance in rats is a determinant of susceptibility to stress.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Behavioural and neural correlates of social hierarchy formation in a sex-changing fish.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Article
- Group Social Dynamics in a Seminatural Setup Reflect the Adaptive Value of Aggression in Male Mice.Biological psychiatry global open science · 2025Article
- Social subordination is associated with better cognitive performance and higher theta coherence of the mPFC-vHPC circuit in male rats.PloS one · 2025Article
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- A Little "Re-Cognition" Goes a Long Way for Pro-Cognitive Therapeutics in Alcohol Studies.The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics · 2024Article
- Association between social dominance hierarchy and PACAP expression in the extended amygdala, corticosterone, and behavior in C57BL/6 male mice.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The cognitive impact of light: illuminating ipRGC circuit mechanisms.Nature reviews. Neuroscience · 2024Review
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Abstract
Across species, animals organize into social dominance hierarchies that serve to decrease aggression and facilitate survival of the group. Neuroscientists have adopted several model organisms to study dominance hierarchies in the laboratory setting, including fish, reptiles, rodents and primates. We review recent literature across species that sheds light onto how the brain represents social rank to guide socially appropriate behaviour within a dominance hierarchy. First, we discuss how the brain responds to social status signals. Then, we discuss social approach and avoidance learning mechanisms that we propose could drive rank-appropriate behaviour. Lastly, we discuss how the brain represents memories of individuals (social memory) and how this may support the maintenance of unique individual relationships within a social group. This article is part of the theme issue 'The centennial of the pecking order: current state and future prospects for the study of dominance hierarchies'.
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