Oxytocin and vasopressin neural networks: Implications for social behavioral diversity and translational neuroscience

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 76, Issue , 2017, Pages 87-98

  Johnson, Zachary V ^a,b   Young, Larry J ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Avpr1a; Functional connectivity; Functional coupling; Neuropeptides; Oxtr; Pair bonding; Salience; Social attachment; Social behavior; Social behavior network; Social cognition; Social decision making network; Valence

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN DERIVATIVE;

AUTISM; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INVERTEBRATE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOCIAL NETWORK; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSLATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; HUMANS; NERVE NET; OXYTOCIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 85018954287     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.01.034     Document Type: Review

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