Behavioral Pharmacology of Neuropeptides: Oxytocin

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hurlemann, Rene (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Grinevich, Valery (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences, 35
• Subjects: Neurosciences.; Psychiatry.; Behavioral sciences.; Endocrinology .; Behavioral Sciences.; Endocrinology.

This volume collects cutting-edge expert reviews in the oxytocin field and will be of interest to a broad scientific audience ranging from social neuroscience to clinical psychiatry. The role of the neuropeptide oxytocin in social behaviors is one of the earliest and most significant discoveries in...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Part 1 Human Research
• Oxytocin Administration in Humans. Oxytocin & Human Social Perception. Oxytocin & Human Social Cognition. Oxytocin & Human Pair Bonding. Oxytocin & Human Parenting. Oxytocin & Autism Spectrum Disorders. Oxytocin & Anxiety Disorders. Oxytocin & Borderline Personality Disorder. Oxytocin & Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders. Oxytocin & Prader-Willi Syndrome. Translating oxytocin research into therapeutics: a precision medicine approach
• Part 2 Animal Research
• Oxytocin Receptor Signaling. Oxytocin & Steroid Action. Oxytocin & Olfaction. Oxytocin & Social Behavior of Primates. Oxytocin & Parental Behavior. Oxytocin & Pain. Oxytocin & Alcohol Abuse. Oxytocin & Autism Spectrum Disorders. Genetics & Early Life Development of the oxytocin system. Oxytocin, Pair-Bonding and Partner Loss. Oxytocin & Cortical Function.