Response of the adrenomedullary system to early postnatal stress in the Brattleboro rat

D Zelena, I Barna, K Csabai, GF Orlando… - Annals of the New …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The sympathetic‐adrenomedullary system and the pituitary‐adrenocortical axis are linked to
each other by chemical signals transferring information between both endocrine systems …

Knockdown of sexually differentiated vasopressin expression in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis reduces social and sexual behaviour in male, but not female …

N Rigney, A Zbib, GJ de Vries… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The neuropeptide arginine‐vasopressin (AVP) has long been implicated in the regulation of
social behaviour and communication, but the sources of AVP release relevant for behaviour …

[HTML][HTML] Arginine vasotocin, the social neuropeptide of amphibians and reptiles

W Wilczynski, M Quispe, MI Muñoz… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Arginine vasotocin (AVT) is the non-mammalian homolog of arginine vasopressin (AVP)
and, like vasopressin, serves as an important modulator of social behavior in addition to its …

Arginine Vasopressin selectively enhances recognition of sexual cues in male humans

AJ Guastella, AR Kenyon, C Unkelbach… - …, 2011 - Elsevier
Arginine Vasopressin modulates complex social and sexual behavior by enhancing social
recognition, pair bonding, and aggression in non-human mammals. The influence of …

Paternal retrievals increase testosterone levels in both male and female California mouse (Peromyscus californicus) offspring

MC Chary, JP Cruz, M Bardi, EA Becker - Hormones and Behavior, 2015 - Elsevier
The importance of maternal care on offspring development has received considerable
attention, although more recently, researchers have begun to focus on the significance of …

Paternal deprivation impairs social behavior putatively via epigenetic modification to lateral septum vasopressin receptor

AM Kelly, JY Ong, RA Witmer, AG Ophir - Science advances, 2020 - science.org
Although it is well appreciated that the early-life social environment asserts subsequent long-
term consequences on offspring brain and behavior, the specific mechanisms that account …

[HTML][HTML] Examining the role of vasopressin in the modulation of parental and sexual behaviors

JM Zimmermann-Peruzatto, VM Lazzari… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Vasopressin (VP) and VP-like neuropeptides are evolutionarily stable peptides found in all
vertebrate species. In non-mammalian vertebrates, vasotocin (VT) plays a role similar to …

[HTML][HTML] Titi monkey father-daughter bond-related behaviors explain stress response variability

LR Witczak, J Samra, M Dufek, LR Goetze… - …, 2023 - Elsevier
Social interactions regulate our behavior and physiology, and strong social bonds can buffer
us from stress. Coppery titi monkeys (Plecturocebus cupreus) are socially monogamous …

Hypothalamic vasopressin sex differentiation is observed by embryonic day 15 in mice and is disrupted by the xenoestrogen bisphenol A

J Zheng, D Baimoukhametova… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Arginine vasopressin (AVP) neurons of the hypothalamic paraventricular region (AVPPVN)
mediate sex-biased social behaviors across most species, including mammals. In mice …

Prairie voles as a model for understanding the genetic and epigenetic regulation of attachment behaviors

JM Sadino, ZR Donaldson - ACS chemical neuroscience, 2018 - ACS Publications
Over a lifetime, humans build relationships with family, friends, and partners that are critically
important for our mental and physical health. Unlike commonly used laboratory mice and …