Early studies attempting to disentangle the network complexity of the brain exploited the
accessibility of sensory receptive fields to reveal circuits made up of synapses connected …

Chronic social defeat affects many aspects of behavior. Most previous studies have focused
on effects on males and defeat during adolescence. The extents to which chronic social …

The neuropeptides oxytocin (OXT) and vasopressin (AVP) have been identified as
modulators of emotional social behaviors and associated with neuropsychiatric disorders …

Highlights•Sharing emotions is evolutionarily conserved and common for many species,
including rodents.•Several rodent behavioral paradigms model simple forms of empathy and …

Background Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has a strong genetic etiology. Germline
mutation in the tumor suppressor gene PTEN is one of the best described monogenic risk …

It was brought to the authors' attention that there were several significant data analytic errors
linked to the data entry and the software program that was used in the published meta …

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a prevalent and severe mental disorder with affect
dysregulation, impulsivity, and interpersonal dysfunction as its core features. Up to now, six …

Abstract Purpose of Review This review aims to evaluate the most recent literature
examining the oxytocin (OXT) system's role in human anxiety by surveying various fields of …

Central nervous system control of metabolic function relies on the input of endocrine
messengers from the periphery, including the pancreatic hormone insulin and the adipokine …

Background There are currently no treatments for empathy deficits in neuropsychiatric
disorders. Acute administration of the hormone oxytocin has been associated with …