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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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Functional circuit architecture underlying parental behaviour.

TL;DR: Galanin-expressing neurons in the medial preoptic area of the hypothalamus coordinate different aspects of motor, motivational, hormonal and social behaviour associated with parenting by projecting to different brain regions depending on the type of behaviour and sex and reproductive state of mice.
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The neural mechanisms and circuitry of the pair bond.

TL;DR: How neural representations of a partner become inherently rewarding, providing intriguing insights into the neural origins of love is discussed, in this Review.
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Status-Dependent Vasotocin Modulation of Dominance and Subordination in the Weakly Electric Fish Gymnotus omarorum.

TL;DR: This study contributes a clear example of status-dependent AVT modulation of agonistic behavior in teleosts, and reveals distinctive activation patterns of the AVT system between dominants and subordinates.
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Sex Differences in Autism Spectrum Disorder: a Review

TL;DR: Current findings and theories that contribute to male preponderance of neurodevelopmental disorders, with a focus on autism are reviewed, and the possibilities of female underdiagnosis and a multi-hit hypothesis are discussed.
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Cross-talk among oxytocin and arginine-vasopressin receptors: Relevance for basic and clinical studies of the brain and periphery

TL;DR: The increasing body of evidence that exogenously administered and endogenously released OT and AVP can activate each other's canonical receptors is reviewed and the possibility that receptor cross-talk following the synaptic and non-synaptic release of OT andAVP contributes to their distinct roles in the brain and periphery is examined.
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Oxytocin, vasopressin, and human social behavior.

TL;DR: This review focuses on recent knowledge of the behavioral, endocrine, genetic, and neural effects of OT and AVP in humans and provides a synthesis of recent advances made in the effort to implicate the oxytocinergic system in the treatment of psychopathological states.
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Oxytocin and the Neural Mechanisms Regulating Social Cognition and Affiliative Behavior

TL;DR: The role of oxytocin in the regulation of prosocial interactions is reviewed, the neuroanatomy of the central oxytocIn system is discussed, and the nature of Oxytocin release within the brain is discussed.
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Oxytocin Enhances Amygdala-Dependent, Socially Reinforced Learning and Emotional Empathy in Humans

TL;DR: Findings provide the first demonstration that OT can facilitate amygdala-dependent, socially reinforced learning and emotional empathy in men, as well as two patients with selective bilateral damage to the amygdala.
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Adult attachment predicts maternal brain and oxytocin response to infant cues.

TL;DR: Results suggest that individual differences in maternal attachment may be linked with development of the dopaminergic and oxytocinergic neuroendocrine systems.
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The social brain in psychiatric and neurological disorders.

TL;DR: It is suggested that the social brain, and its dysfunction and recovery, must be understood not in terms of specific structures, but rather in Terms of their interaction in large-scale networks.
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