Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior

The paper investigates sex-specific social aging in rats, showing that adolescent stress impacts social behavior differently in males and females, with effects most evident during social tests involving familiar stimuli.

The paper investigates the role of glutamatergic neurons in the posterior intralaminar thalamus during social interactions, finding increased activity and specific behavioral effects.

This study examines how parental behavior and vasopressin neuron counts in prairie voles change with pup age, co-parenting, and acute stress, showing experience-dependent plasticity.

The paper investigates receptor sequences across vertebrate species to understand their relationship with mating behavior, finding that genetic and epigenetic factors influence behavioral patterns beyond direct genomic translation.

This study shows that testosterone reduces strategic prosocial behavior in males when they are being watched, without affecting reinforcement learning itself.

The paper shows that human endogenous oxytocin responses to social touch adapt based on recent social context, influencing both hormonal and neural activity.

This study identifies that MeApd-ERβ+ neurons regulate receptivity-based preference in male mice but not sex-based preference.

This paper validates a commercial radioimmunoassay for measuring intact oxytocin in human urine, serum, and saliva, showing it is specific, sensitive, and reproducible.

The paper identifies dopamine neurons as regulators of olfactory-guided begging behavior in tadpoles, showing their role in caregiver recognition and motor displays.

The paper identifies neural circuits in female mice that drive opposing pup-directed behaviors, showing reciprocal inhibition between BNSTprEsr1 and MPOAEsr1 neurons during reproductive state changes.

The paper shows that prolonged partner separation reduces transcriptional signatures of pair bonding in male prairie voles, despite persistent behavioral traits.

The paper shows that AVPR1A in the amygdala mediates female susceptibility to chronic social isolation stress, with sex-specific effects mediated by AVP and estrogen receptor alpha.

The paper examines if attachment-related cues trigger cross-brain synchrony in mothers, finding widespread neural concordance in both the parenting network and across the neuroaxis, especially in social contexts.

This study identifies a cortico-cortical pathway linking adolescent stress to postpartum social behavior deficits in mice.

The paper develops a new oxytocin sensor to study compartmental OT release in neurons and finds distinct calcium channel roles and fusion machinery differences in axons and somatodendritic regions.

The paper shows that experienced female mice can improve maternal-infant survival by assisting in caregiving and parturition, particularly for mice lacking the oxytocin receptor.

This study investigates how oxytocin affects the relationship between behavioral performance, resting-state, and task-state functional connectivity using connectome-based predictive models.

The paper investigates cell-specific immunoexpression differences in steroid-independent male sexual behavior in castrated mice, finding upregulated neuronal and microglial markers in those displaying the behavior.

The paper generates transgenic mice with prairie vole Oxtr locus to study how long-range genomic regulation affects brain OXT receptor expression and social behaviors.

This study investigates how activating the lateral septum in male prairie voles affects prosocial and antisocial behaviors, finding it increases affiliative behaviors and reduces selective aggression without altering partner preferences.

This study examines the oxytocin system and OTR-expressing astrocytes in a mouse model of PWS, finding reduced oxytocin cells and OTR-expressing astrocytes in specific brain regions with sex-specific differences.

This paper develops and validates caged oxytocin analogs that can be activated with light to precisely control oxytocin signaling in the brain and peripheral tissues.

The paper shows that light exposure impairs socio-sexual recognition memory in male mice via a specific retinal circuit involving ipRGCs, pSON GABA neurons, and SON OT neurons.

This study shows that prolactin is necessary for paternal behavior in male mice, acting through CaMKII-expressing neurons, similar to its role in maternal behavior.

This paper introduces a fluorescent sensor for real-time measurement of extracellular oxytocin dynamics in the brain and identifies rhythmic changes in OT levels.

The paper identifies a neural circuit involving the NLOT that links the SON-AVP system to neocortical regions, promoting social behavior under osmotic stress.

The paper identifies a thalamo-preoptic pathway that controls social touch by bypassing the cerebral cortex, involving PTH2-expressing neurons and a conserved circuit across species.

This study examines how oxytocin modulates social brain network correlations during resting and task states using fMRI, finding that OT increases predictive power of resting state networks for task-evoked activity and reduces individual variation.

The paper records and manipulates maternal oxytocin (OT) neural activities in mice using fiber photometry and identifies plasticity and modulatory circuits.

This study examines TPH2 knockout male rats, finding reduced anxiety, increased aggression, and altered oxytocin system function.