The many facets of the oxytocin (OXT) system of the brain and periphery elicited nearly
25,000 publications since 1930 (see, as listed in PubMed), which revealed central roles for …

Highlights•Female subjects are underrepresented in animal research.•Recent studies
demonstrate that unstaged female rodents are no more variable than males.•Factorial …

Love is one of our most powerful emotions, inspiring some of the greatest art, literature and
conquests of human history. Although aspects of love are surely unique to our species …

Social relationships throughout life are vital for well-being and physical and mental health. A
significant amount of research in animal models as well as in humans suggests that oxytocin …

The neuropeptide oxytocin plays an evolutionarily conserved role in mammalian social
behavior. Despite striking effects on animal social behavior after intracerebroventricular drug …

Genetic monogamy is rare—at least at the level of a species—and monogamy can exist in
the absence of sexual fidelity. Rather than focusing on mating exclusivity, it has become …

The neuropeptides oxytocin (OT) and arginine vasopressin (AVP) influence social functions
in many mammals. In humans and rhesus macaques, OT delivered intranasally can promote …

Highlights•There are quantifiable oxytocin-dependent sex differences in behavior.•Sex
differences in behavior are often not associated with structural changes in the oxytocin …

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (Bdnf) transcription is controlled by several promoters,
which drive expression of multiple transcripts encoding an identical protein. We previously …

Interest in the effects of oxytocin on social behavior has persisted even as an overarching
theory describing these effects has remained largely elusive. Some of the earliest studies on …