{"title":"Understanding the neurobiology of social behavior through exploring brain-wide dynamics of neural activity","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105856","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105856","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Social behavior is highly complex and adaptable. It can be divided into multiple temporal stages: detection, approach, and consummatory behavior. Each stage can be further divided into several cognitive and behavioral processes, such as perceiving social cues, evaluating the social and non-social contexts, and recognizing the internal/emotional state of others. Recent studies have identified numerous brain-wide circuits implicated in social behavior and suggested the existence of partially overlapping functional brain networks underlying various types of social and non-social behavior. However, understanding the brain-wide dynamics underlying social behavior remains challenging, and several brain-scale dynamics (macro-, meso-, and micro-scale levels) need to be integrated. Here, we suggest leveraging new tools and concepts to explore social brain networks and integrate those different levels. These include studying the expression of immediate-early genes throughout the entire brain to impartially define the structure of the neuronal networks involved in a given social behavior. Then, network dynamics could be investigated using electrode arrays or multi-channel fiber photometry. Finally, tools like high-density silicon probes and miniscopes can probe neural activity in specific areas and across neuronal populations at the single-cell level.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56105,"journal":{"name":"Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142006009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Psychosocial and neurobiological aspects of the worldwide refugee crisis: From vulnerability to resilience","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105859","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105859","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Anisman, H., Doubad, D., Asokumar, A. & Matheson, K. Psychosocial and neurobiological aspects of the worldwide refugee crisis: From vulnerability to resilience. NEUROSCI BIOBEHAV REV, XXXX. Immigration occurs between countries either to obtain employment, for family reunification or to escape violence and other life-threatening conditions. Refugees and asylum seekers are often obligated to overcome a uniquely challenging set of circumstances prior to and during migration. Settlement following immigration may pose yet another set of stressors related to acculturation to the host country, as well as financial insecurity, discrimination, language barriers, and social isolation. Here we discuss the multiple consequences of immigration experiences, focusing on the health disturbances that frequently develop in adults and children. Aside from the psychosocial influences, immigration-related challenges may cause hormonal, inflammatory immune, and microbiota changes that favor psychological and physical illnesses. Some biological alterations are subject to modification by epigenetic changes, which have implications for intergenerational trauma transmission, as might disruptions in parenting behaviors and family dysfunction. Despite the hardships experienced, many immigrants and their families exhibit positive psychological adjustment after resettlement. We provide information to diminish the impacts associated with immigration and offer strength-based approaches that may foster resilience.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56105,"journal":{"name":"Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763424003282/pdfft?md5=da5c5c33ce22dd6847cff1300877f653&pid=1-s2.0-S0149763424003282-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142006008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Licking microstructure in response to novel rewards, reward devaluation and dopamine antagonists: Possible role of D1 and D2 medium spiny neurons in the nucleus accumbens","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105861","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105861","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Evidence on the effect of dopamine D1 and D2-like antagonists and of manipulations of reward value on licking microstructure is reanalysed considering recent findings on the role of nucleus accumbens (NAc) medium spiny neurons (MSNs) in the control of sugar intake. The results of this analysis suggest that D1 MSN activation, which is involved in the emission of licking bursts, might play a crucial role in response to novel rewards. D2 MSN activation, which results in reduction of burst size and suppression of licking, might mediate the response to reward devaluation. Elucidating the neural mechanisms underlying the licking response might lead to a better definition of its microstructural measures in behaviourally and psychologically meaningful functional terms. This could further support its use as a behavioural substrate in the study of the neural mechanisms of ingestive behaviour and motivation, as well as in animal models of pathological conditions such as eating disorders and obesity.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56105,"journal":{"name":"Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763424003300/pdfft?md5=7b2c3638fd1f4c658f099808db040e49&pid=1-s2.0-S0149763424003300-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142006007","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Internal coupling: Eye behavior coupled to visual imagery","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105855","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105855","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Our eyes do not only respond to visual perception but also to internal cognition involving visual imagery, which can be referred to as <em>internal coupling</em>. This review synthesizes evidence on internal coupling across diverse domains including episodic memory and simulation, visuospatial memory, numerical cognition, object movement, body movement, and brightness imagery. In each domain, eye movements consistently reflect distinct aspects of mental imagery typically akin to those seen in corresponding visual experiences. Several findings further suggest that internal coupling may not only coincide with but also supports internal cognition as evidenced by improved cognitive performance. Available theoretical accounts suggest that internal coupling may serve at least two functional roles in visual imagery: facilitating memory reconstruction and indicating shifts in internal attention. Moreover, recent insights into the neurobiology of internal coupling highlight substantially shared neural pathways in externally and internally directed cognition. The review concludes by identifying open questions and promising avenues for future research such as exploring moderating roles of context and individual differences in internal coupling.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56105,"journal":{"name":"Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763424003245/pdfft?md5=020235d6de779e25a2cc677b9751d47e&pid=1-s2.0-S0149763424003245-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141996991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Microglial activation and polarization in type 2 diabetes-related cognitive impairment: A focused review of pathogenesis","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105848","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105848","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Microglia, as immune cells in the central nervous system, are closely related to cognitive impairment associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Preliminary explorations have investigated the relationship between T2D-related cognitive impairment and the activation and polarization of microglia. This review summarizes the potential mechanisms of microglial activation and polarization in the context of T2D. It discusses central inflammatory responses, neuronal apoptosis, amyloid-β deposition, and abnormal phosphorylation of Tau protein mediated by microglial activation and polarization, exploring the connections between microglial activation and polarization and T2D-related cognitive impairment from multiple perspectives. Additionally, this review provides references for future treatment targeting microglia in T2D-related cognitive impairment and for clinical translation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56105,"journal":{"name":"Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763424003178/pdfft?md5=acf3ca335cd7e70661f32dea6e6d77ed&pid=1-s2.0-S0149763424003178-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141979684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"DigiDOP: A framework for applying digital technology to the Differential Outcomes Procedure (DOP) for cognitive interventions in persons with neurocognitive disorders","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105838","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105838","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We present a framework –Digi-DOP- that includes a series of evidence-based recommendations to design and apply cognitive interventions for people with Neurocognitive Disorders (NCDs) using a relatively new approach, the Differential Outcomes Procedure (DOP). To do so, we critically review the substantial experimental research conducted with relevant clinical and non-clinical populations, and the theoretical underpinnings of this procedure. We further discuss how existing digital technologies that have been used for cognitive interventions could be applied to overcome some of the limitations of DOP-based interventions and further enhance DOP benefits. Specifically, we present three digital DOP developments that are currently being designed, investigated and/or tested. Finally, we discuss constraints, ethical and legal considerations that need to be taken into account to ensure that the use of technology in DOP-based interventions proposed here does not widen disparities and inequalities. We hope that this framework will inform and guide digital health leaders and developers, researchers and healthcare professionals to design and apply DOP-based interventions for people with NCDs.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56105,"journal":{"name":"Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763424003075/pdfft?md5=e56a120e6520e87a4736a65b0c3824b2&pid=1-s2.0-S0149763424003075-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141914731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Management of neurological symptoms in Lesch-Nyhan disease: A systematic review","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105847","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105847","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Lesch-Nyhan Disease (LND) is an X-linked recessive genetic disorder arising from hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase 1 gene mutations, leading to a complete deficiency. LND presents a complex neurological profile characterized by generalized dystonia, motor dysfunctions and self-injurious behavior, which management is challenging. We conducted a systematic review of studies assessing the efficacy of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions in management of neurological symptoms in LND (PROSPERO registration number:CRD42023446513).</p><p>Among 34 reviewed full-text papers; 22 studies were rated as having a high risk of bias. Considerable heterogeneity was found in studies regarding the timing of treatment implementation, adjunctive treatments and outcome assessment. Single-patient studies and clinical trials often showed contradictory results, while therapeutic failures were underreported.</p><p>S-Adenosylmethionine and Deep Brain Stimulation were the most studied treatment methods and require further research to address inconsistencies. The evidence from levodopa studies underlines that optimal timing of treatment implementation should be thoroughly investigated.</p><p>Standardized study design and reducing publication bias are crucial to overcome current limitations of assessing intervention efficacy in LND.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56105,"journal":{"name":"Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763424003166/pdfft?md5=962f6bcc8de52ed47b1c79a78e634334&pid=1-s2.0-S0149763424003166-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141908492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The multiverse of data preprocessing and analysis in graph-based fMRI: A systematic literature review of analytical choices fed into a decision support tool for informed analysis","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105846","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105846","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The large number of different analytical choices used by researchers is partly responsible for the challenge of replication in neuroimaging studies. For an exhaustive robustness analysis, knowledge of the full space of analytical options is essential. We conducted a systematic literature review to identify the analytical decisions in functional neuroimaging data preprocessing and analysis in the emerging field of cognitive network neuroscience. We found 61 different steps, with 17 of them having debatable parameter choices. Scrubbing, global signal regression, and spatial smoothing are among the controversial steps. There is no standardized order in which different steps are applied, and the parameter settings within several steps vary widely across studies. By aggregating the pipelines across studies, we propose three taxonomic levels to categorize analytical choices: 1) inclusion or exclusion of specific steps, 2) parameter tuning within steps, and 3) distinct sequencing of steps. We have developed a decision support application with high educational value called METEOR to facilitate access to the data in order to design well-informed robustness (multiverse) analysis.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56105,"journal":{"name":"Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763424003154/pdfft?md5=415d69ca895863b3bc324772ded713a5&pid=1-s2.0-S0149763424003154-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141908493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Age differences in prosociality across the adult lifespan: A meta-analysis","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105843","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105843","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Lifespan developmental theories and research suggest a positive effect of adult age on prosociality. However, this effect lacks consistency, with many studies excluding the period of midlife. This study summarized cross-sectional studies on adult age and prosociality, combining 120 (independent) samples (<em>n</em> = 103,829) in a lifespan meta-analysis approach. Linear and quadratic age effects on prosociality were analyzed, as well as comparisons between younger, middle-aged, and older adults. Prosociality was assessed via behavioral measures and self-reports. In both these domains, results indicated small linear age effects and higher prosociality in older compared to younger adults, supporting the hypothesis of increased prosociality in older age. Additionally, leveraging open data sets (64/120 independent samples), predominantly unpublished, we found some evidence for potential quadratic age effects on behavioral prosociality: Middle-aged adults exhibited higher behavioral and self-reported prosociality than younger adults, but no differences between middle-aged and older adults were observed. This meta-analysis offers new perspectives on age trajectories of prosociality, suggesting midlife as a potentially important phase of pronounced prosociality.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56105,"journal":{"name":"Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763424003129/pdfft?md5=44932e2fe4d254efdc9d2bf3f1ef532b&pid=1-s2.0-S0149763424003129-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141903660","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Panpsychism and dualism in the science of consciousness","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105845","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105845","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A resurgence of panpsychism and dualism is a matter of ongoing debate in modern neuroscience. Although metaphysically hostile, panpsychism and dualism both persist in the science of consciousness because the former is proposed as a straightforward answer to the problem of integrating consciousness into the fabric of physical reality, whereas the latter proposes a simple solution to the problem of free will by endowing consciousness with causal power as a prerequisite for moral responsibility. I take the Integrated Information Theory (IIT) as a paradigmatic exemplar of a theory of consciousness (ToC) that makes its commitments to panpsychism and dualism within a unified framework. These features are not, however, unique for IIT. Many ToCs are implicitly prone to some degree of panpsychism whenever they strive to propose a universal definition of consciousness, associated with one or another known phenomenon. Yet, those ToCs that can be characterized as strongly emergent are at risk of being dualist. A remedy against both covert dualism and uncomfortable corollaries of panpsychism can be found in the evolutionary theory of life, called here “bioprotopsychism” and generalized in terms of autopoiesis and the free energy principle. Bioprotopsychism provides a biologically inspired basis for a minimalist approach to consciousness via the triad \"chemotaxis-efference copy mechanism-counterfactual active inference\" by associating the stream of weakly emergent conscious states with an amount of information (best guesses) of the brain, engaged in unconscious predictive processing.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56105,"journal":{"name":"Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141899012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}