Oxytocin modulation of neural circuits for social behavior

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 169-189

  Marlin, Bianca J ^a,b   Froemke, Robert C ^c,d  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cortex; inhibition; neural circuits; oxytocin; synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

AUDITORY CORTEX; AUTISM; BRAIN REGION; EMOTION; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; OPTOGENETICS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; REWARD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OXYTOCIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84994874900     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 1932846X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22452     Document Type: Review

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