The purpose of this paper is to review existing behavioral and neuroendocrine perspectives
on social attachment and love. Both love and social attachments function to facilitate …

Interest in the role of peptides in the nervous system was sparked 20 years ago when
Guillemin, Schally, and their colleagues first identified the peptidergic nature of the …

Cocaine‐and amphetamine‐regulated transcript (CART) is a recently described
neuropeptide widely expressed in the rat brain. CART mRNA and peptides are found in …

Oxytocinergic neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus that project to
extrahypothalamic brain areas and the lumbar spinal cord play an important role in the …

Reflex control of magnocellular vasopressin and oxytocin secretion has captured the
curiosity and investigative imagination of neuroendocrinologists for nearly 50 years. While it …

For centuries philosophers and scientists have grappled with the existence and meaning of
the differences between the sexes but the idea that there may be differences between the …

Hypocretins/orexins are recently characterized peptides that are synthesized in neurones of
the lateral hypohalamus and stimulate food intake in rats. To clarify whether leptin may …

Since the discovery of galanin (GAL) in 1983 (Tatemoto et al., 1983) numerous anatomical,
physiological and pharmacological investigations have demonstrated that the peptide is …

Prolactin (PRL) released from lactotrophs of the anterior pituitary gland in response to the
suckling by the offspring is the major hormonal signal responsible for stimulation of milk …

Kappa opioid receptors (KORs) in the central nervous system have been known to be
important regulators of a variety of psychiatry illnesses, including anxiety and addiction, but …