Early caregiver–infant interactions are critical for infants' socioemotional and cognitive
development. Several hormones and neuromodulators, including oxytocin, affect these …

Rationale Exogenous oxytocin administration is widely reported to improve social cognition
in human and nonhuman primate adults. Risk factors of impaired social cognition, however …

BACKGROUND: The social milieu provides the context for the organism's survival,
endurance, and adaptation. In mammals, social participation originates within the parent …

The neuropeptide oxytocin plays an important role in mother–infant bonding. However,
recent studies indicate that the effects of oxytocin on prosociality are dependent on …

Oxytocin (OT) has been linked to social behavior in rodents, non-human primates, and adult
humans, but almost nothing is known about brain OT activity in human newborns or its …

The neuropeptide oxytocin is importantly implicated in the emergence and maintenance of
maternal behavior that forms the basis of the mother–infant bond. However, no research has …

Animal studies demonstrated that the neuropeptide oxytocin (OT), implicated in bond
formation across mammalian species, is transmitted from mother to young through …

Studies in a variety of species have reported enhanced prosocial effects after an acute
administration of the neuromodulating hormone, oxytocin (OT). Although the exact …

Oxytocin is produced in the hypothalamus and released into the circulation through the
neurohypophyseal system. Peripherally released oxytocin facilitates parturition and milk …

The oxytocin (OT) neural system is thought to be involved in the underlying mechanisms that
guide the development of social behaviors. In the present study, we examined the effects of …