Table 1 Brain regions of the social decision-making network and their primary known functions in social behavior [39]

medial amygdala

meAMY

aggression, reproduction, parental care, social recognition

medial bed nucleus of the stria terminalis

BNST

motivation, parental care, reproduction, stress response

preoptic area

POA

aggression, reproduction, parental care

lateral septum

LS

emotional learning, social affiliation/recognition, reproduction, parental care

ventromedial hypothalamus

VH

aggression, reproduction, parental care

anterior hypothalamus

AH

aggression, reproduction, parental care

midbrain periaqueductal gray

PAG

reproduction, vocalization

hippocampus

HIP

spatial learning

basolateral amygdala

blAMY

aggression, emotional learning, parental care

ventral tegmental area

VTA

motivation, reproduction, parental care

striatum

Str

compulsive behavior

nucleus accumbens

NAcc

emotional learning, impulsivity, motivation, parental care

ventral pallidum

VP

emotional learning, parental care

cerebral cortex

CC

integration, decision-making