Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior

This study shows that oxytocin increases social reward in women but not men during sharing with friends, linked to reduced amygdala and insula activity and functional connectivity in women with higher attachment anxiety.

This study shows oxytocin enhances emotional empathy across cultures and sexes, reduces amygdala activity, and modulates amygdala connectivity with the insula, particularly in individuals with trait autism.

This study shows oxytocin increases self-serving lying in men, especially those with specific oxytocin receptor gene variants, during repeated opportunities to lie.

The paper identifies conserved neurogenomic response toolkits across species using multi-species transcriptomic analysis and systems-level functional grouping.

The paper shows that insular cortex mediates approach and avoidance behaviors in rats responding to stressed conspecifics, with oxytocin playing a key role.

This study shows that oxytocin signaling in the medial amygdala is essential for male mice to discriminate female social cues.

This study shows that paternal deprivation in voles increases anxiety and reduces sociability in adulthood, with the mPFC oxytocin system playing a key role.

This study shows oxytocin increases corticostriatal connectivity in women, with effects linked to autistic traits and potential implications for neuropsychiatric conditions.