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DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROBIOLOGY
Volume 77, Issue 2, Pages 169-189Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22452
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cortex; inhibition; neural circuits; oxytocin; synaptic plasticity
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Oxytocin is a hypothalamic neuropeptide that has gained attention for the effects on social behavior. Recent findings shed new light on the mechanisms of oxytocin in synaptic plasticity and adaptively modifying neural circuits for social interactions such as conspecific recognition, pair bonding, and maternal care. Here, we review several of these newer studies on oxytocin in the context of previous findings, with an emphasis on social behavior and circuit plasticity in various brain regions shown to be enriched for oxytocin receptors. We provide a framework that highlights current circuit-level mechanisms underlying the widespread action of oxytocin. (c) 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Develop Neurobiol 77: 169-189, 2017
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