前额叶皮层在社交行为中的作用

The Role of Prefrontal Cortex in Social Behavior

社交行为对于个体身心健康和社会发展都极其重要。社交行为障碍已成为多种精神类疾病的典型临床表征,对个体的发展有严重不良影响。前额叶皮层作为调节社交行为的关键脑区之一,参与了社交、情绪、决策等高级功能,其内部神经元、神经胶质细胞的活动变化及相互作用对调节社交行为有着重要影响,而且前额叶皮层与其他脑区之间的协作也会影响不同的社会行为。本文回顾了前额叶皮层中神经元、神经胶质细胞以及脑区投射与社交行为关系的最新研究,系统综述了前额叶皮层在社交行为调节中的作用,以期为社交障碍的神经机制和有效诊疗提供参考。

Social behavior is extremely important for the physical and mental health of individuals,their growth and development,and for social development.Social behavioral disorders have become a typical clinical representation of a variety of psychiatric disorders and have serious adverse effects on the development of individuals.The prefrontal cortex,as one of the key areas responsible for social behavior,involves in many advanced brain functions such as social behavior,emotion,and decision-making.The neural activity of prefrontal cortex has a major impact on the performance of social behavior.Numerous studies demonstrate that neurons and glial cells can regulate certain social behaviors by themselves or the interaction which we called neural microcircuits;and the collaboration with other brain regions also regulates different types of social behaviors.The prefrontal cortex(PFC)-thalamus projections mainly influence social dominance and social preference;the PFC-amygdala projections play a key role in fear behavior,emotional behavior,social exploration,and social identification;and the PFC-nucleus accumbens projections mainly involve social preference,social memory,social cognition,and spatial-social associative learning.Based on the above neural mechanism,many studies have focused on applying the non-invasive neurostimulation to social deficit-related symptoms,including transcranial magnetic stimulation(TMS),transcranial electrical stimulation(TES)and focused ultrasound stimulation(FUS).Our previous study also investigated that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation can improve the social behavior of mice and low-intensity focused ultrasound ameliorated the social avoidance behavior of mice by enhancing neuronal activity in the prefrontal cortex.In this review,we summarize the relationship between neurons,glial cells,brain projection and social behavior in the prefrontal cortex,and systematically show the role of the prefrontal cortex in the regulation of social behavior.We hope our summarization will provide a reference for the neural mechanism and effective treatment of social disorders.