Oxytocin is a pleiotropic, peptide hormone with broad implications for general health,
adaptation, development, reproduction, and social behavior. Endogenous oxytocin and …

Oxytocin and vasopressin are peptide hormones secreted from the pituitary that are well
known for their peripheral endocrine effects on childbirth/nursing and blood pressure/urine …

A fundamental challenge in developing treatments for autism spectrum disorders is the
heterogeneity of the condition. More than one hundred genetic mutations confer high risk for …

How does cognition regulate innate behaviors? While the cognitive functions of the cortex
have been extensively studied, we know much less about how cognition can regulate innate …

In contrast to male rats, aggression in virgin female rats has been rarely studied. Here, we
established a rat model of enhanced aggression in females using a combination of social …

Oxytocin (OT) and arginine-vasopressin (AVP) act in the brain to regulate social
cognition/social behavior and in the periphery to influence a variety of physiological …

Vasopressin (VP) and oxytocin (OT) are distinct molecules; these peptides and their
receptors [OT receptor (OTR) and V1a receptor (V1aR)] also are evolved components of an …

Oxytocin increases the salience of both positive and negative social contexts and it is
thought that these diverse actions on behavior are mediated in part through circuit-specific …

Background The neuropeptide oxytocin (OT) is a key regulator of social and emotional
behaviors. The effects of OT are context dependent, and it has been proposed that OT …

Highlights•AVP regulates social behavior and anxiety in sex-specific ways in juvenile
rats.•OXT induces sex-specific activation of same three brain regions in humans and …