Nonapeptide functions have been explored in a diverse literature that has burgeoned in
recent years, particularly in relation to affiliation, bonding and human social cognition …

Abstract Arginine-vasotocin (AVT)/arginine vasopressin (AVP) are members of the
AVP/oxytocin (OT) superfamily of peptides that are involved in the regulation of social …

Although behavioral neuroendocrinologists often discuss “sociality” as a unitary variable, the
term encompasses a wide diversity of behaviors that do not evolve in a linked fashion across …

The nonapeptide hormones arginine vasotocin and isotocin play important roles in
mediating social behaviors in fishes. Studies in a diverse range of species demonstrate …

Vertebrate animals exhibit a spectacular diversity of social behaviors, yet a variety of basic
social behavior processes are essential to all species. These include social signaling; …

Although many species form socially monogamous pair bonds, relevant neural mechanisms
have been described for only a single species, the prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster). In this …

Of the major vertebrate taxa, Class Aves is the most extensively studied in relation to the
evolution of social systems and behavior, largely because birds exhibit an incomparable …

Central vasopressin and oxytocin, and their homologues, modulate a multitude of social
behaviors in a variety of animal taxa. All social behavior requires some level of social (re) …

The nonapeptides arginine vasopressin (AVP; including its non-mammalian homolog
arginine vasotocin, AVT) and oxytocin (OT; including its non-mammalian homologs …

Antagonism of oxytocin (OT) receptors (OTRs) impairs the formation of pair bonds in prairie
voles (Microtus ochrogaster) and zebra finches (Taenioypygia guttata), and also reduces the …