Neuroscience: The sting of social isolation

Jordan Grammer; Moriel Zelikowsky

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2022.05.036

Neuroscience: The sting of social isolation

Curr Biol. 2022 Jun 20;32(12):R572-R574. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.05.036.

Authors

Jordan Grammer¹, Moriel Zelikowsky²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurobiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
² Department of Neurobiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA. Electronic address: moriel.zelikowsky@neuro.utah.edu.

PMID: 35728529
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.05.036

Abstract

Social isolation produces deleterious effects on the brain and behavior in many species. A new study on bumblebees uses a multimodal approach to further our understanding of the state produced by prolonged social isolation.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Brain
Neurosciences*
Social Behavior
Social Isolation*