Age and sex differences in oxytocin and vasopressin V1a receptor binding densities in the rat brain: focus on the social decision-making network

CJW Smith, ML Poehlmann, S Li… - Brain Structure and …, 2017 - Springer
Oxytocin (OT) and vasopressin (AVP) regulate various social behaviors via activation of the
OT receptor (OTR) and the AVP V1a receptor (V1aR) in the brain. Social behavior often …

Vasopressin and oxytocin receptor systems in the brain: sex differences and sex-specific regulation of social behavior

KM Dumais, AH Veenema - Frontiers in neuroendocrinology, 2016 - Elsevier
The neuropeptides vasopressin (VP) and oxytocin (OT) and their receptors in the brain are
involved in the regulation of various social behaviors and have emerged as drug targets for …

Social status in mouse social hierarchies is associated with variation in oxytocin and vasopressin 1a receptor densities

W Lee, LC Hiura, E Yang, KA Broekman, AG Ophir… - Hormones and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The neuropeptides oxytocin and vasopressin and their receptors have established roles in
the regulation of mammalian social behavior including parental care, sex, affiliation and pair …

Comparing vasopressin and oxytocin fiber and receptor density patterns in the social behavior neural network: Implications for cross-system signaling

CJW Smith, BT DiBenedictis, AH Veenema - Frontiers in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Vasopressin (AVP) and oxytocin (OXT) regulate social behavior by binding to their canonical
receptors, the vasopressin V1a receptor (V1aR) and oxytocin receptor (OTR), respectively …

Quantitative mapping reveals age and sex differences in vasopressin, but not oxytocin, immunoreactivity in the rat social behavior neural network

BT DiBenedictis, ER Nussbaum… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The neuropeptides vasopressin (AVP) and oxytocin (OT) have been implicated in the
regulation of numerous social behaviors in adult and juvenile animals. AVP and OT …

Sex differences in oxytocin receptor binding in forebrain regions: correlations with social interest in brain region-and sex-specific ways

KM Dumais, R Bredewold, TE Mayer… - Hormones and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Social interest reflects the motivation to approach a conspecific for the assessment of social
cues and is measured in rats by the amount of time spent investigating conspecifics. Virgin …

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 …

Activation of oxytocin receptors, but not arginine-vasopressin V1a receptors, in the ventral tegmental area of male Syrian hamsters is essential for the reward-like …

Z Song, JM Borland, TE Larkin, M O'Malley… - …, 2016 - Elsevier
Social reward plays a fundamental role in shaping human and animal behavior. The
rewarding nature of many forms of social behavior including sexual behavior, parental …

Sex-dependent effects of social status on the regulation of arginine-vasopressin (AVP) V1a, oxytocin (OT), and serotonin (5-HT) 1A receptor binding and aggression in …

ZA Grieb, AP Ross, KE McCann, S Lee, M Welch… - Hormones and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Dominance status in hamsters is driven by interactions between arginine-vasopressin V1a,
oxytocin (OT), and serotonin 1A (5-HT1A) receptors. Activation of V1a and OT receptors in …

Maternal separation interferes with developmental changes in brain vasopressin and oxytocin receptor binding in male rats

M Lukas, R Bredewold, ID Neumann, AH Veenema - Neuropharmacology, 2010 - Elsevier
Brain vasopressin V1A receptors (V1A-R) and oxytocin receptors (OT-R) are important
modulators of social behaviors. We recently showed that exposure to maternal separation …