Oxytocin regulates parturition, lactation, parental nurturing, and many other social behaviors
in both sexes. The circuit mechanisms by which oxytocin modulates social behavior are …

An increasing amount of research effort is being directed toward investigating the neural
bases of social cognition from a systems neuroscience perspective. Evidence from multiple …

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 …

Social interactions and relationships are often rewarding, but the neural mechanisms
through which social interaction drives positive experience remain poorly understood. In this …

Parenting is essential for the survival and wellbeing of mammalian offspring. However, we
lack a circuit-level understanding of how distinct components of this behaviour are …

Sex hormones exert a profound influence on gendered behaviors. How individual sex
hormone-responsive neuronal populations regulate diverse sex-typical behaviors is unclear …

Many social behaviours are evolutionarily conserved and are essential for the healthy
development of an individual. The neuropeptide oxytocin (OXT) is crucial for the fine-tuned …

The medial amygdala (MeA) plays a critical role in processing species-and sex-specific
signals that trigger social and defensive behaviors. However, the principles by which this …

Social homeostasis is the ability of individuals to detect the quantity and quality of social
contact, compare it to an established set-point in a command center, and adjust the effort …

The medial amygdala (MeA) is critical for the expression of a broad range of social
behaviors, and is also connected to many other brain regions that mediate those same …