ArticlePhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2022
Mu-opioid receptor system modulates responses to vocal bonding and distress signals in humans.
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- Potential common targets of music therapy intervention in neuropsychiatric disorders: the prefrontal cortex-hippocampus -amygdala circuit (a review).Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Review
- Endogenous opioid receptor system mediates costly altruism in the human brain.Communications biology · 2024Article
- Opioidergic tuning of social attachment: reciprocal relationship between social deprivation and opioid abuse.Frontiers in neuroanatomy · 2024Review
- Hormone-induced body-brain interaction and the impact on cognition.European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2024Article
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Abstract
Laughter is a contagious prosocial signal that conveys bonding motivation; adult crying conversely communicates desire for social proximity by signalling distress. Endogenous mu-opioid receptors (MORs) modulate sociability in humans and non-human primates. In this combined PET-fMRI study (
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