John P. Christianson

The paper investigates the role of the insular-prelimbic cortex circuit in social affective behavior in rats using behavioral and circuit manipulation experiments.

This study investigates the role of MC4R in the periaqueductal gray (PAG) on social behavior in male rats using pharmacological manipulation, finding no significant effect on social interaction time.

This study investigates the role of the basolateral amygdala and insular cortex in social affective behavior in female rats, finding that these regions are necessary for appropriate social affective responses.

This study investigates how hunger and peptides from the lateral hypothalamus influence social behavior through the insular cortex in rats.

This study shows that serotonin in the dorsal raphe nucleus and insular 5-HT2C receptors modulate social responses to stressed rats, with effects observed in both males and females.

This study shows that maternal immune activation affects social behavior and corticotropin releasing factor sensitivity in male but not female rats, suggesting sex-specific neurobiological mechanisms for autism risk.

This study shows that CRF in the insular cortex affects social decision making differently in males and females through sex-specific interactions with CRF1 and CB1 receptors.

The paper investigates the role of insular cortex projections to nucleus accumbens core in mediating social approach to stressed juvenile rats, finding that these projections modulate social behavior.

The paper shows that insular cortex mediates approach and avoidance behaviors in rats responding to stressed conspecifics, with oxytocin playing a key role.