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Kai-Yi Wang

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Oxytocin facilitates social behavior of female rats via selective modulation of interneurons in the medial prefrontal cortex

Stephanie Schimmer, Alan Kania, Arthur Lefèvre, Konstantinos Afordakos, Kai-Yi Wang, Julia Lebedeva, Andrei V. Rozov, Androniki Raftogianni, Rishika Tiwari, Shai Netser, Ana Zovko, Huma Shaheen, Jonas Schimmer, Ryan Patwell, Clémence Denis, , Valery Grinevich

This study identifies a circuit in the medial prefrontal cortex where oxytocin modulates interneurons to promote social behavior in female rats, even under physiological stress.

Nature Communications · Feb 20, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Sex-dependent involvement of lateral septum astrocytes in social fear: Role of oxytocin receptor signaling

Laura Boi, Rohit Menon, Clémence Denis, Kai-Yi Wang, Hugues Petitjean, Barbara Di Benedetto, Alexandre Charlet, Inga D. Neumann

This study shows that OXTR signaling in lateral septum astrocytes regulates social fear in a sex-dependent manner in mice.

bioRxiv · Feb 2, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience