Interplay between the oxytocin and opioid systems in regulating social behaviour

PT Putnam, SWC Chang - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The influence of neuromodulators on brain activity and behaviour is undeniably profound,
yet our knowledge of the underlying mechanisms, or ability to reliably reproduce effects …

Modulating social behavior with oxytocin: how does it work? What does it mean?

PS Churchland, P Winkielman - Hormones and behavior, 2012 - Elsevier
Among its many roles in body and brain, oxytocin influences social behavior. Understanding
the precise nature of this influence is crucial, both within the broader theoretical context of …

Oxytocin does not stand alone

PT Putnam, SWC Chang - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The neuropeptide oxytocin persists as a hot topic in neuroscience, with steadily increasing
interest in both scientific literature [1] and popular culture during recent decades [2–5]. This …

The role of oxytocin in shaping complex social behaviours: possible interactions with other neuromodulators

P Paletta, N Bass, M Kavaliers… - … Transactions of the …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
This review explores the role of oxytocin in the mediation of select social behaviours, with
particular emphasis on female rodents. These behaviours include social recognition, social …

Oxytocin—a social peptide? Deconstructing the evidence

G Leng, RI Leng, M Ludwig - … Transactions of the …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In this paper, we analyse the claim that oxytocin is a 'social neuropeptide'. This claim
originated from evidence that oxytocin was instrumental in the initiation of maternal …

Social effects of oxytocin in humans: context and person matter

JA Bartz, J Zaki, N Bolger, KN Ochsner - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2011 - cell.com
Building on animal research, the past decade has witnessed a surge of interest in the effects
of oxytocin on social cognition and prosocial behavior in humans. This work has generated …

Overview of human oxytocin research

KM Kendrick, AJ Guastella, B Becker - Behavioral pharmacology of …, 2018 - Springer
Social dysfunction is a core symptom of many psychiatric disorders and current medications
have little or no remedial effects on this. Following on from extensive studies on animal …

[HTML][HTML] Oxytocin and social salience: a call for gene-environment interaction research

BA Tabak - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2013 - frontiersin.org
The role of the neuropeptide oxytocin in social cognition and prosocial behavior continues to
fascinate the scientific community (Bartz et al., 2011b). However, as our knowledge of …

[PDF][PDF] Interplay between oxytocin and sensory systems in the orchestration of socio-emotional behaviors

V Grinevich, R Stoop - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
The neuropeptide oxytocin (OT) attracts the interest of neuroscientists, psychologists, and
psychiatrists due to its capacity to modulate emotional and social behavior. Although much …

A precision medicine approach to oxytocin trials

E Andari, R Hurlemann, LJ Young - Behavioral Pharmacology of …, 2018 - Springer
In this chapter, we introduce a new area of social pharmacology that encompasses the study
of the role of neuromodulators in modulating a wide range of social behaviors and brain …