The oxytocin receptor: from intracellular signaling to behavior

B Jurek, ID Neumann - Physiological reviews, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
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 …

Brain oxytocin: how puzzle stones from animal studies translate into psychiatry

V Grinevich, ID Neumann - Molecular psychiatry, 2021 - nature.com
The neuropeptide oxytocin has attracted great attention of the general public, basic
neuroscience researchers, psychologists, and psychiatrists due to its profound pro-social …

Evoked axonal oxytocin release in the central amygdala attenuates fear response

HS Knobloch, A Charlet, LC Hoffmann, M Eliava… - Neuron, 2012 - cell.com
The hypothalamic neuropeptide oxytocin (OT), which controls childbirth and lactation,
receives increasing attention for its effects on social behaviors, but how it reaches central …

Assembling the puzzle: pathways of oxytocin signaling in the brain

V Grinevich, HS Knobloch-Bollmann, M Eliava… - Biological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Oxytocin (OT) is a neuropeptide, which can be seen to be one of the molecules of the
decade due to its profound prosocial effects in nonvertebrate and vertebrate species …

Cross-talk among oxytocin and arginine-vasopressin receptors: Relevance for basic and clinical studies of the brain and periphery

Z Song, HE Albers - Frontiers in neuroendocrinology, 2018 - Elsevier
Oxytocin (OT) and arginine-vasopressin (AVP) act in the brain to regulate social
cognition/social behavior and in the periphery to influence a variety of physiological …

Evolution of oxytocin pathways in the brain of vertebrates

HS Knobloch, V Grinevich - Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 2014 - frontiersin.org
The central oxytocin system transformed tremendously during the evolution, thereby
adapting to the expanding properties of species. In more basal vertebrates (paraphyletic …

Molecular characterization of the subnuclei in rat habenula

H Aizawa, M Kobayashi, S Tanaka… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The mammalian habenula is involved in regulating the activities of serotonergic and
dopaminergic neurons. It consists of the medial and lateral habenulae, with each subregion …

The role of oxytocin in male and female reproductive behavior

JG Veening, TR De Jong, MD Waldinger… - European journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Oxytocin (OT) is a nonapeptide with an impressive variety of physiological functions. Among
them, the 'prosocial'effects have been discussed in several recent reviews, but the direct …

Neuropeptides and central control of sexual behaviour from the past to the present: a review

A Argiolas, MR Melis - Progress in neurobiology, 2013 - Elsevier
Of the numerous neuropeptides identified in the central nervous system, only a few are
involved in the control of sexual behaviour. Among these, the most studied are oxytocin …

Whole-brain wiring diagram of oxytocin system in adult mice

S Son, SB Manjila, KT Newmaster, Y Wu… - Journal of …, 2022 - Soc Neuroscience
Oxytocin (Oxt) neurons regulate diverse physiological responses via direct connections with
different neural circuits. However, the lack of comprehensive input-output wiring diagrams of …