Oxytocin pathways in social bonding and affective behavior

Oxytocin pathways in social bonding and affective behavior

Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences

2016

Study summary

Review on oxytocin's role in social bonding, salience, and affective behavior.

Peptides studied

Stack studied

Libido Stack

Key findings

Oxytocin influences social behavior in a context-dependent manner rather than uniformly increasing prosociality.

Study details

Study type

review article

Journal

Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences

DOI / PubMed

10.1016/j.cobeha.2015.11.001

Year

2016

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