Long-Term Impacts of Post-weaning Social Isolation on Nucleus Accumbens Function

Adolescence is a period of incredible change, especially within the brain's reward circuitry. Stress, including social isolation, during this time has profound effects on behaviors associated with reward and other neuropsychiatric disorders. Because the Nucleus Accumbens (NAc), is crucial to th...

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Main Authors: Cari J. Bendersky, Allison A. Milian, Mason D. Andrus, Ubaldo De La Torre, Deena M. Walker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.745406/full