Oxytocin is a pleiotropic, peptide hormone with broad implications for general health, adaptation,
development, reproduction, and social behavior. Endogenous oxytocin and stimulation …

… alloparents using the Conditioned Place Paradigm to pair the experience of alloparenting
with a given environment; however, we have not been able to find any such effect (Kenkel, …

The neuropeptide oxytocin was first noted for its capacity to promote uterine contractions and
facilitate delivery in mammals. The study of oxytocin has grown to include awareness that …

Mammalian sociality is regulated in part by the neuropeptide oxytocin. In prairie voles, subtle
variation in early life experience changes oxytocin receptor-mediated social behaviors. We …

Paternal behaviour and pair‐bond formation are defining characteristics of social monogamy.
However, in comparison to pair‐bonding, the endocrine factors associated with the male …

Background The neuropeptide oxytocin regulates mammalian social behavior. Disruptions
in oxytocin signaling are a feature of many psychopathologies. One commonly studied …

Oxytocin is used in approximately half of all births in the United States during labor induction
and/or augmentation. However, the effects of maternal oxytocin administration on offspring …

The common marmoset, Callithrix jacchus, is of growing importance for research in
neuroscience and related fields. In the present work, we describe a combined histological and …

A growing body of literature has suggested that intranasal oxytocin (OT) or other systemic
routes of administration can alter prosocial behavior, presumably by directly activating OT …

Blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) imaging in awake mice was used to identify differences
in brain activity between wild-type, HETzQ175, and HOMzQ175 genotypes in response to …