The oxytocin receptor: from intracellular signaling to behavior

B Jurek, ID Neumann - Physiological reviews, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
The many facets of the oxytocin (OXT) system of the brain and periphery elicited nearly
25,000 publications since 1930 (see, as listed in PubMed), which revealed central roles for …

[HTML][HTML] Brain oxytocin: how puzzle stones from animal studies translate into psychiatry

V Grinevich, ID Neumann - Molecular psychiatry, 2021 - nature.com
The neuropeptide oxytocin has attracted great attention of the general public, basic
neuroscience researchers, psychologists, and psychiatrists due to its profound pro-social …

[HTML][HTML] Oxytocin and vasopressin within the ventral and dorsal lateral septum modulate aggression in female rats

VEM Oliveira, M Lukas, HN Wolf, E Durante… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
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 …

Cross-talk among oxytocin and arginine-vasopressin receptors: Relevance for basic and clinical studies of the brain and periphery

Z Song, HE Albers - Frontiers in neuroendocrinology, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …

Adolescence and reward: making sense of neural and behavioral changes amid the chaos

DM Walker, MR Bell, C Flores, JM Gulley… - Journal of …, 2017 - Soc Neuroscience
Adolescence is a time of significant neural and behavioral change with remarkable
development in social, emotional, and cognitive skills. It is also a time of increased …

Oxytocin receptors in the anteromedial bed nucleus of the stria terminalis promote stress-induced social avoidance in female California mice

N Duque-Wilckens, MQ Steinman, M Busnelli… - Biological …, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …

Sex differences in the regulation of social and anxiety-related behaviors: insights from vasopressin and oxytocin brain systems

R Bredewold, AH Veenema - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …

Oxytocin and pain perception: from animal models to human research

S Boll, ACA De Minas, A Raftogianni, SC Herpertz… - Neuroscience, 2018 - Elsevier
An accumulating body of evidence suggests that the hypothalamic neuropeptide oxytocin
(OT) has a modulatory effect on pain processing. Particularly strong evidence comes from …

Kinetics of oxytocin effects on amygdala and striatal reactivity vary between women and men

J Lieberz, D Scheele, FB Spengler… - …, 2020 - nature.com
Accumulating evidence suggests that intranasal oxytocin (OXT; 24 IU) reduces amygdala
responses to fear-related stimuli in men, while exerting inverse effects in women. However …

Microbial lysate upregulates host oxytocin

BJ Varian, T Poutahidis, BT DiBenedictis… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Neuropeptide hormone oxytocin has roles in social bonding, energy metabolism, and
wound healing contributing to good physical, mental and social health. It was previously …