The precise nature and etiopathogenesis of borderline personality disorder (BPD) continues
to elude researchers and clinicians. Yet, increasing evidence from various strands of …

Oxytocin (Oxt) is a nonapeptide hormone best known for its role in lactation and parturition.
Since 1906 when its uterine-contracting properties were described until 50 years later when …

A well-mapped set of brain regions is dedicated to social cognition. It is responsive to social
cues, engaged in moral decision-making and makes predictions about the likely behaviour …

Early life stress (child and adolescent abuse, neglect and trauma) induces robust alterations
in emotional and social functioning resulting in enhanced risk for the development of …

We reviewed oxytocin (OT), arginine–vasopressin (AVP) and gonadal hormone involvement
in various modes of social information processing in mice and rats. Gonadal hormones …

Increasing evidence suggests that two nonapeptides, arginine vasopressin and oxytocin,
shape human social behavior in both nonclinical and clinical subjects. Evidence is …

Vertebrate animals exhibit a spectacular diversity of social behaviors, yet a variety of basic
social behavior processes are essential to all species. These include social signaling; …

After pair-bonding, male prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) display aggression toward
novel females but not toward their female partner. Here we show that this selective …

The aim of this study was to label selectively and to map central vasopressin (AVP) and
oxytocin (OT) binding sites in the common marmoset.[125I] VPA, a compound selective in …

The nervous system has a remarkable capacity for self-reorganization, and in this first
systematic analysis of the interaction between hormones and brain plasticity, Luis Miguel …