Rattus norvegicus Transcriptome of middle amygdala

Social isolation poses a severe mental and physiological burden on humans. Most animal models that investigate this effect are based on prolonged isolation, which does not mimic the milder conditions experienced by people in the real world. We show that in the rat medial amygdala, a brain structure that is crucial for social memory, acute social isolation causes social memory loss and significant changes in specific mRNAs.