Many social behaviours are evolutionarily conserved and are essential for the healthy
development of an individual. The neuropeptide oxytocin (OXT) is crucial for the fine-tuned …

The human species possesses two complementary, yet distinct, universal communication
systems—language and music. Functional imaging studies have revealed that some core …

Emotional contagion is the most ancestral form of empathy. We tested to what extent the
proximate mechanisms of emotional contagion are evolutionarily conserved by assessing …

Social animals detect the affective states of conspecifics and utilize this information to
orchestrate social interactions. In a social affective preference text in which experimental …

The neural basis of abnormal social behavior in autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) remains
incompletely understood. Here we used two complementary but independent brain-wide …

Mammalian neurons that produce oxytocin and vasopressin apparently evolved from an
ancient cell type with both sensory and neurosecretory properties that probably linked …

Background Despite hypothalamus has long being considered to be involved in the
pathophysiology of cluster headache, the inconsistencies of previous neuroimaging studies …

Interactions between oxytocin and the basal ganglia are central in current overarching
conceptualizations of its broad modulatory effects on behavior. Whereas evidence from …

The posterior pituitary gland secretes oxytocin and vasopressin (the antidiuretic hormone)
into the blood system. Oxytocin is required for normal delivery of the young and for delivery …

This paper is the thirty-eighth consecutive installment of the annual review of research
concerning the endogenous opioid system. It summarizes papers published during 2015 …