Insular Cortex Mediates Approach And Avoidance Responses To Social Affective Stimuli
Morgan M. Rogers-Carter, Juan A. Varela, Katherine Bates Gribbons, Anne F. Pierce, Morgan T. McGoey, Maureen Ritchey, John P. Christianson
The paper shows that insular cortex mediates approach and avoidance behaviors in rats responding to stressed conspecifics, with oxytocin playing a key role.
Nature Neuroscience · Jan 26, 2018Peer-reviewedNeuroscience