The recent shift from psychopathology to resilience and from diagnosis to functioning
requires the construction of transdiagnostic markers of adaptation. This review describes a …

Lactation is a physiological state of hyperprolactinemia and associated amenorrhea.
Despite the fact that exact mechanisms standing behind the hypothalamus–pituitary–ovarian …

Resilience–a key topic in clinical science and practice–still lacks a clear conceptualization
that integrates its evolutionary and human‐specific features, refrains from exclusive focus on …

The adult brain can flexibly adapt behaviors to specific life-stage demands. For example,
while sexually naive male mice are aggressive to the conspecific young, they start to provide …

Mammary gland development occurs mainly after birth and is composed of three successive
stages: puberty, pregnancy and lactation, and involution. These developmental stages are …

Oxytocin is a hypothalamic neuropeptide first recognized as a regulator of parturition and
lactation which has recently gained attention for its ability to modulate social behaviors. In …

Pulsatile release of the hormone oxytocin (OT) mediates uterine contraction during
parturition and milk ejection during lactation. 1–3 These pulses are generated by the unique …

Social buffering-the attenuation of stress by maternal safety signals-is a core mammalian-
general stress management mechanism implicating two ancient systems: the oxytocinergic …

The hypothalamic neuropeptide, oxytocin (Oxt), has been the focus of research for decades
due to its effects on body physiology, neural circuits, and various behaviors. Oxt elicits a …

Breastfeeding, which is essential for the survival of mammalian infants, is critically mediated
by pulsatile secretion of the pituitary hormone oxytocin from the central oxytocin neurons …