Oxytocin is a peptide molecule with a multitude of physiological and behavioral functions.
Based on its association with reproduction-including social bonding, sexual behavior, birth …

The purpose of this narrative review is to use a personal perspective to describe
unanticipated and pivotal findings that drew the author into the study oxytocin. Oxytocin was …

Oxytocin is a pleiotropic, peptide hormone with broad implications for general health,
adaptation, development, reproduction, and social behavior. Endogenous oxytocin and …

Highlights•The expression of parenting in both human and non-human mammals is affected
by hormones.•Oxytocin provides a neuroendocrine template for the effects of multiple …

Vasopressin (VP) and oxytocin (OT) are distinct molecules; these peptides and their
receptors [OT receptor (OTR) and V1a receptor (V1aR)] also are evolved components of an …

Dozens of studies, most conducted in the last four decades, have implicated oxytocin, as
well as vasopressin and their receptors, in processes that mediate selective sociality and the …

The neuropeptide oxytocin (OT) has emerged as a potent modulator of diverse aspects of
interpersonal relationships. OT appears to work in close interaction with several other …

Identify the biological role of oxytocin in forming attachments. Evaluate the relationship
between various neuropsychiatric disorders and oxytocin. Identify clinical implications of …

The hypothalamic neuropeptide oxytocin has drawn the attention of scientists for more than
a century. The understanding of the function of oxytocin has expanded dramatically over the …

Facilitation of social attraction and bonding by the evolutionarily conserved neuropeptide
oxytocin is well-established in female mammals. However, accumulating behavioral …