Social interest reflects the motivation to approach a conspecific for the assessment of social
cues and is measured in rats by the amount of time spent investigating conspecifics. Virgin …

Individual variation in social behavior offers an opportunity to explore gene-by-environment
interactions that could contribute to adaptative or atypical behavioral profiles (eg, autism …

The central actions of oxytocin on reproduction-related functions and behaviors are strongly
steroid-dependent and gender specific. This study characterizes sexual differences in the …

Oxytocin, when administered centrally, has been associated with the modulation of various
social initiatives including maternal and sexual behaviors. The nature of these effects …

Oxytocin is involved in the regulation of social behaviors including parental behaviors in a
variety of species. Oxytocin triggers social behaviors by binding to oxytocin receptors …

Oxytocin (OT) and vasopressin (AVP) regulate various social behaviors via activation of the
OT receptor (OTR) and the AVP V1a receptor (V1aR) in the brain. Social behavior often …

Oxytocin (OT) is a nine amino acid peptide synthesized in hypothalamic cells which project
either to the neurohypophysis or to sites within the central nervous system. Although …

Previous studies have revealed that the neuropeptide hormone oxytocin (OT) has
developmental effects on subsequent social behavior and on mechanisms underlying social …

Sex differences in the oxytocin (OT) system in the brain may explain why OT often regulates
social behaviors in sex-specific ways. However, a link between sex differences in the OT …

The oxytocin receptor (OTR) is differentially expressed in the CNS. Because there are
multiple mechanisms by which the OTR can be transcriptionally induced, we hypothesized …