Disease relevance of Social Environment

• Differential effects of social isolation upon body weight, food consumption, and responsiveness to novel and social environment in bombesin receptor subtype-3 (BRS-3) deficient mice [1].
• This paper reports on the relationship between the stressfulness of the social environment, smoking and mortality rates for malignant neoplasms of the respiratory system and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) [2].

Psychiatry related information on Social Environment

• Exploratory behavior and social interaction were investigated in rats that were reared in different social environments following neonatal injection with either water vehicle or the norepinephrine neurotoxin, DSP-4 [3].
• We investigate the causal link between social status, territoriality and elevated androgen levels and the available evidence suggests that the social environment indeed modulates the endocrine axis of teleosts [4].

High impact information on Social Environment

• This study examines the prolactin response to fenfluramine hydrochloride challenge in young boys who show clinically significant aggressive behavior or who are raised in a social environment that is conducive to the development of chronic aggression [5].
• We show that in non-human mammals the stability of the social environment in which the pregnant females live is critical for the offsprings' social and sexual behaviour later in life as well as for reproductive functioning, endocrine state and androgen and estrogen receptor distribution in specific parts of the brain [6].
• The effects of age on the response to two doses of dexamethasone and two doses of CRF were assessed in females living in a stable social environment (control) and in socially stressed females removed from their group and housed temporarily in a remote, nonsocial environment (separated) [7].
• The specific difference between autistic and MCDD children in their cortisol response to psychosocial stress indicates that the disturbed reactions to the social environment observed in these disorders may have different biological backgrounds [8].
• Neither acceleration nor deceleration of puberty by varying the female's social environment had any effect on either body fat or leptin [9].

Biological context of Social Environment

• Thus, it appears that PR deletion affects the display of sexual behavior and its modulation by dopamine, as well as the differentiation of dopaminergic cells and the plasticity of those cells in response to social environment and behavioral experience [10].

Anatomical context of Social Environment

• Given the interrelationships between ouabain sensitivity, the functional integrity of sperm cells, and fertilizing capacity, season and social environment differences in ouabain-induced motility depression probably reflect qualitative changes in boar spermatozoa [11].
• The social environment and essential hypertension in mice: possible role of the innervation of the adrenal cortex [12].

Associations of Social Environment with chemical compounds

• Additionally, since this biological reaction may be triggered by sudden changes in the social environment, the coordinated actions of epinephrine, sympathetic stimulation and vasopressin must be directed at not only optimizing the chances for survival, but also at attaining maximal preservation of the individual environmental and social domains [13].
• It is suggested that BRL 43694 increases the sensitivity of gerbils to their social environment [14].
• No changes in extracellular DOPAC were seen in meadow voles after manipulations of social environment [15].
• These findings support other data suggesting that NE modulates the biobehavioral effects of the social environment [16].
• Plasma concentrations of testosterone in the developing ram in different social environments [17].

Gene context of Social Environment

• Provided that workplace exposure complies with current standards, the hypothetical benefit of excluding G6PD-deficient individuals from lead-exposed jobs should be weighted against the loss of personal abilities and the economic damage in a social environment with diffuse unemployment [18].
• Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects about 3-9% of children in the United States. It is a complex, multidetermined ailment that causes profound difficulty not only for the children but also for their families and those in the broader social environment (e.g., schools) [19].
• The purpose of this study was to test the relationship between social environment and the activity of the HPA axis in adolescents [20].
• Tyrosine hydroxylase expression is affected by sexual vigor and social environment in male Cnemidophorus inornatus [21].
• Although the social environment influenced cytokine production, there were no concomitant changes in circulating IgM or IgG antibody titers [22].

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