… effects on the activity of OT neurons in female mice but not male mice. In the BNSTmv, … of
OT immunoreactive neurons, and OT/c-fos colocalizations in female mice regardless of social …

… oxytocin neurons as the key regulators of the parental caregiving behaviors of male mice. We
… the lateral hypothalamus to the oxytocin neurons to be drastically strengthened when male …

… We hypothesized that oxytocin neurons may mediate MC4R-driven sexual behavior in
male mice. We therefore examined the ability of MC4Rs on Sim1 and oxytocin neurons to …

… Our results show that oxytocin neuron ablation in adult … Interestingly, male mice lacking
oxytocin neurons are more … results showing that mice that lack oxytocin neurons develop obesity …

… In humans, OT neurons have been reported to project to various brain areas including BNST…
the total population of OT neurons seems to be comparable in males and females, and does …

… Here, we first examined whether social defeat stress activates oxytocin neurons in the
hypothalamus and BNST in mice and then whether social defeat stress activates …

… In addition, OTKO male exhibited an overactivation in the somatosensory cortex and HPC
detected by Fos immunoreactivity in these areas when compared to the WT mice, while in the …

… that a mouse model of ASD (Shank3b KO mice) has reduced numbers of PVH-OT neurons.
Importantly, well characterized deficits in the social behavior of Shank3b KO mice (Peça et al.…

… As both male and female mice were used in this study, we separately investigated the … (Table
2) OXT neurons. For both Magno and Parvo OXT neurons, no significant differences were …

… the behaviors of these mice did not … male and female OTKO mice and their wild-type littermate
to test two hypotheses about OT functional genomics. First, we proposed that in OTKO mice…