Oxytocin-and vasopressin-related systems are present in invertebrate and vertebrate
bilaterian animals, including humans, and exhibit conserved neuroanatomical and …

In recent decades, scientific understanding of the many roles of oxytocin (OT) in social
behavior has advanced tremendously. The focus of this research has been on maternal …

Animals evaluate and respond to their social environment with adaptive decisions.
Revealing the neural mechanisms of such decisions is a major goal in biology. We analyzed …

Nonapeptide functions have been explored in a diverse literature that has burgeoned in
recent years, particularly in relation to affiliation, bonding and human social cognition …

The Parental Brain: Mechanisms, Development, and Evolution presents a comprehensive
analysis of how the brain regulates parental behavior in nonhuman animals and in humans …

Oxytocin (OT) and vasopressin (AVP) regulate various social behaviors via activation of the
OT receptor (OTR) and the AVP V1a receptor (V1aR) in the brain. Social behavior often …

Social recognition is an essential skill for the expression of appropriate behaviors towards
conspecifics in most social species. Several studies point to oxytocin (OT) and arginine …

Recent technical developments have transformed how neuroscientists can probe brain
function. What was once thought to be difficult and perhaps impossible, stimulating a single …

The African mole-rat superfamily are a unique group of subterranean rodents that are
remarkable for their adaptations to a subterranean lifestyle and their range in sociality …

The amygdala complex is a diverse group of more than 13 nuclei, segregated in five major
groups: the basolateral (BLA), central (CeA), medial (MeA), cortical (CoA), and basomedial …