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ReviewBiological psychiatry2024

Prefrontal Regulation of Social Behavior and Related Deficits: Insights From Rodent Studies.

Nancy R Mack, Nadia N Bouras, Wen-Jun Gao

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Review in Biological psychiatry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Impact of early social isolation on social circuits and behavior: relevance to schizophrenia.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026
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  8. Distinct neural dynamics in the ventral hippocampus and medial prefrontal cortex during social information processing.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  11. Early postnatal NMDA receptor ablation in cortical interneurons impairs affective state discrimination and social functioning.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Nancy R MackDepartment of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: nm7448@princeton.edu.
Nadia N BourasDepartment of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Wen-Jun GaoDepartment of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: wg38@drexel.edu.

Funding

Corticothalamic control of social motivationR01MH131053 · NIMH · DREXEL UNIVERSITY · PI Wen-Jun Gao · 2022 to 2026
$1.9M
Behavioral effects of igsf9b in the prefrontal cortexR21MH121836 · NIMH · DREXEL UNIVERSITY · PI GAO, WEN-JUN · 2020 to 2020
$425k
Norepinephrine tunes prefrontal-thalamic circuitry to modulate avoidance behaviorR21MH129989 · NIMH · DREXEL UNIVERSITY · PI GAO, WEN-JUN · 2022 to 2023
$410k
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH131053NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH121836NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH129989
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The prefrontal cortex (PFC) is well known as the executive center of the brain, combining internal states and goals to execute purposeful behavior, including social actions. With the advancement of tools for monitoring and manipulating neural activity in rodents, substantial progress has been made in understanding the specific cell types and neural circuits within the PFC that are essential for processing social cues and influencing social behaviors. Furthermore, combining these tools with translationally relevant behavioral paradigms has also provided novel insights into the PFC neural mechanisms that may contribute to social deficits in various psychiatric disorders. This review highlights findings from the past decade that have shed light on the PFC cell types and neural circuits that support social information processing and distinct aspects of social behavior, including social interactions, social memory, and social dominance. We also explore how the PFC contributes to social deficits in rodents induced by social isolation, social fear conditioning, and social status loss. These studies provide evidence that the PFC uses both overlapping and unique neural mechanisms to support distinct components of social cognition. Furthermore, specific PFC neural mechanisms drive social deficits induced by different contexts.

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Prefrontal CortexSocial BehaviorAnimalsFearHumansRodentiaSocial CognitionSocial InteractionSocial IsolationInterneuronsNeuronal circuitsPrefrontal cortexSocial dominanceSocial interactionSocial memory

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PMID38490368
PMCPMC12064213

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