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Vasopressin and oxytocin receptor systems in the brain: Sex differences and sex-specific regulation of social behavior.

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This review discusses the evidence showing the presence or absence of sex differences in VP and OT receptors in rodents and humans, as well as showing new data of sexually dimorphic V1a receptor binding in the rat brain.
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This article is published in Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology.The article was published on 2016-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 374 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Receptor expression & Social behavior.

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Hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal and hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal axes: sex differences in regulation of stress responsivity

TL;DR: The HPA and HPG axes are discussed and how gonadal steroids interact with the HPA axis to regulate the stress circuitry during all stages in life is reviewed.
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Oxytocin and vasopressin neural networks: Implications for social behavioral diversity and translational neuroscience

TL;DR: 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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Hippocampal oxytocin receptors are necessary for discrimination of social stimuli

TL;DR: It is demonstrated using genetic and pharmacological approaches that Oxtrs in the anterior dentate gyrus and anterior CA2/CA3 of mice are necessary for discrimination of social, but not non-social, stimuli and a role is identified for an aDG-CA2/ CA3 axis of Oxtr expressing cells indiscrimination of social stimuli.
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Insular cortex mediates approach and avoidance responses to social affective stimuli.

TL;DR: In a new model, male rats approach stressed juveniles but avoid stressed adults; these behaviors require excitatory action of oxytocin within the insular cortex, which implicateinsular cortex as a key component in the circuit underlying age-dependent social responses to stressed conspecifics.
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The Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates

TL;DR: This paper presents a meta-analyses of the determinants of earthquake-triggered landsliding in the Czech Republic over a period of 18 months in order to establish a probabilistic framework for estimating the intensity of the earthquake.
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Oxytocin increases trust in humans

TL;DR: It is shown that intranasal administration of oxytocin, a neuropeptide that plays a key role in social attachment and affiliation in non-human mammals, causes a substantial increase in trust among humans, thereby greatly increasing the benefits from social interactions.
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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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Oxytocin and vasopressin in the human brain: social neuropeptides for translational medicine

TL;DR: OXT and AVP are emerging as targets for novel treatment approaches — particularly in synergistic combination with psychotherapy — for mental disorders characterized by social dysfunction, such as autism, social anxiety disorder, borderline personality disorder and schizophrenia.
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