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Oxytocin and vasopressin neural networks: Implications for social behavioral diversity and translational neuroscience

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Both conserved and variable features of central oxytocin and vasopressin systems are described in the context of social behavioral diversity, with a particular focus on neural networks that modulate social learning, behavior, and salience of sociosensory stimuli during species‐typical social contexts.
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This article is published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews.The article was published on 2017-05-01 and is currently open access. It has received 206 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Oxytocin receptor & Social learning.

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Oxytocin Influences Male Sexual Activity via Non-synaptic Axonal Release in the Spinal Cord

TL;DR: It is suggested that, in rats, release of oxytocin in the lumbar spinal cord is not limited to conventional synapses but occurs by exocytosis of the dense-cored vesicles from axonal varicosities and acts by diffusion-a localized volume transmission-to reach oxytoc in receptors on GRP neurons and facilitate male sexual function.
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Neuropeptide S Activates Paraventricular Oxytocin Neurons to Induce Anxiolysis.

TL;DR: The results indicate a significant role of the OXT system in mediating the effects of NPS on anxiety, and fill an important gap in the understanding of brain neuropeptide interactions in the context of regulation of emotional behavior within the hypothalamus.
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How do hypothalamic nonapeptides shape youth's sociality? A systematic review on oxytocin, vasopressin and human socio-emotional development.

TL;DR: All existing studies investigating the developmental association of endogenous levels of hypothalamic neuropeptides oxytocin and vasopressin with human social behaviour or on its disruption in paediatric populations are summarized and discussed.
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Oxytocin and sex differences in behavior

TL;DR: This hypothesis is supported by work which suggests that sex differences in behavior are likely due to sex-specific patterns of activity between brain regions that have been implicated in the regulation of social behavior.
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Oxytocin- and arginine vasopressin-containing fibers in the cortex of humans, chimpanzees, and rhesus macaques.

TL;DR: These findings provide a potential mechanism by which OT and AVP might exert effects on brain regions far from their production site in the hypothalamus, as well as potential species differences in the behavioral functions of these target regions.
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The Oxytocin Receptor System: Structure, Function, and Regulation

TL;DR: The regulation by gonadal and adrenal steroids is one of the most remarkable features of the OT system and is, unfortunately, the least understood.
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Meta-analytic evidence for common and distinct neural networks associated with directly experienced pain and empathy for pain

TL;DR: It is concluded that social neuroscience paradigms provide reliable and accurate insights into complex social phenomena such as empathy and that meta-analyses of previous studies are a valuable tool in this endeavor.
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The social behaviour of anuran amphibians

TL;DR: Temporal patterns of anuran reproduction fall into two broad categories: prolonged breeding and explosive breeding, and many aspects of vocal behaviour and chorus organization can be viewed as consequences of intrasexual competition.
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Oxytocin Modulates Neural Circuitry for Social Cognition and Fear in Humans

TL;DR: It is shown that human amygdala function is strongly modulated by oxytocin, and this results indicate a neural mechanism for the effects of Oxytocin in social cognition in the human brain and provide a methodology and rationale for exploring therapeutic strategies in disorders in which abnormal amygdala function has been implicated, such as social phobia or autism.
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Oxytocin, vasopressin, and the neurogenetics of sociality.

TL;DR: There is growing evidence that the neuropeptides oxytocin and vasopressin modulate complex social behavior and social cognition and suggest that variation in the genes encoding their receptors may contribute to variation in human social behavior by altering brain function.
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