Oxytocin in the medial prefrontal cortex regulates maternal care, maternal aggression and anxiety during the postpartum period

Oxytocin Reverses Amphetamine-Induced Deficits in Social Bonding: Evidence for an Interaction with Nucleus Accumbens Dopamine

(2014) K. A. Young et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Oxytocin in the prelimbic medial prefrontal cortex reduces anxiety-like behavior in female and male rats

(2014) Sara Sabihi et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Firing patterns of maternal rat prelimbic neurons during spontaneous contact with pups

(2012) Marcelo Febo   BRAIN RESEARCH BULLETIN

Variation in maternal and anxiety-like behavior associated with discrete patterns of oxytocin and vasopressin 1a receptor density in the lateral septum

(2012) J.P. Curley et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Oxytocin and Vasopressin Agonists and Antagonists as Research Tools and Potential Therapeutics

(2012) M. Manning et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Evoked Axonal Oxytocin Release in the Central Amygdala Attenuates Fear Response

(2012) H. Sophie Knobloch et al.   NEURON

Differential Contribution of Hypothalamic MAPK Activity to Anxiety-Like Behaviour in Virgin and Lactating Rats

(2012) Benjamin Jurek et al.   PLoS One

Balance of brain oxytocin and vasopressin: implications for anxiety, depression, and social behaviors

(2012) Inga D. Neumann et al.   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

Oxytocin stimulates adult neurogenesis even under conditions of stress and elevated glucocorticoids

(2011) Benedetta Leuner et al.   HIPPOCAMPUS

Both oxytocin and vasopressin are mediators of maternal care and aggression in rodents: From central release to sites of action

(2011) Oliver J. Bosch et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Oxytocin suppresses basal glutamatergic transmission but facilitates activity-dependent synaptic potentiation in the medial prefrontal cortex

(2011) Ipe Ninan   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

Changes in the Intensity of Maternal Aggression and Central Oxytocin and Vasopressin V1a Receptors Across the Peripartum Period in the Rat

(2011) S. D. Caughey et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Functional Mapping of the Neural Circuitry of Rat Maternal Motivation: Effects of Site-Specific Transient Neural Inactivation

(2011) M. Pereira et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Yes, I Am Ready Now: Differential Effects of Paced versus Unpaced Mating on Anxiety and Central Oxytocin Release in Female Rats

(2011) Kewir D. Nyuyki et al.   PLoS One

Maternity: Neural mechanisms, motivational processes, and physiological adaptations.

(2010) Michael Numan et al.   BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE

Inactivation or inhibition of neuronal activity in the medial prefrontal cortex largely reduces pup retrieval and grouping in maternal rats

(2010) Marcelo Febo et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

Oxytocin-Dopamine Interactions Mediate Variations in Maternal Behavior in the Rat

(2010) Dara K. Shahrokh et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Maternal nurturing is dependent on her innate anxiety: The behavioral roles of brain oxytocin and vasopressin

(2010) Oliver J. Bosch   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Maternal Behaviour is Associated with Vasopressin Release in the Medial Preoptic Area and Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis in the Rat

(2010) O. J. Bosch et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Activity in prelimbic cortex is required for adjusting the anxiety response level during the elevated plus-maze retest

(2010) C.A.J. Stern et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

The neuroendocrinology of primate maternal behavior

(2010) Wendy Saltzman et al.   PROGRESS IN NEURO-PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Temporary inactivation of ventral tegmental area neurons with either muscimol or baclofen reversibly disrupts maternal behavior in rats through different underlying mechanisms.

(2009) Michael Numan et al.   BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE

Blood oxygen level-dependent signal responses in corticolimbic ‘emotions’ circuitry of lactating rats facing intruder threat to pups

(2009) Benjamin C. Nephew et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Extinction circuits for fear and addiction overlap in prefrontal cortex

(2009) J. Peters et al.   LEARNING & MEMORY

Changes in anxiety and cognition due to reproductive experience: A review of data from rodent and human mothers

(2009) Abbe H. Macbeth et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Behavioral effects of neuropeptides in rodent models of depression and anxiety

(2009) Susan Rotzinger et al.   PEPTIDES

Oxytocin receptor activity in the ventrocaudal periaqueductal gray modulates anxiety-related behavior in postpartum rats.

(2008) Rayson J. Figueira et al.   BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE

Behavioural Assays to Model Cognitive and Affective Dimensions of Depression and Anxiety in Rats

(2008) M. D. S. Lapiz-Bluhm et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Brain vasopressin is an important regulator of maternal behavior independent of dams' trait anxiety

(2008) O. J. Bosch et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA