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Developmental effects of oxytocin on neural activation and neuropeptide release in response to social stimuli

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Actions of Pituitary Hormones Beyond Traditional Targets

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Oxytocin receptors influence the development and maintenance of social behavior in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

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Plasma, salivary, and urinary oxytocin in anorexia nervosa: A pilot study

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Stimulation of hypothalamic oxytocin neurons suppresses colorectal cancer progression in mice

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Low Fasting Oxytocin Levels Are Associated With Psychopathology in Anorexia Nervosa in Partial Recovery

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Enhanced corticosterone concentrations and attenuated Fos expression in the medial amygdala of female oxytocin knockout mice exposed to psychogenic stress

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Behavioural studies using temporal and spatial inactivation of the oxytocin receptor

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Oxytocin, Postnatal Depression, and Parenting

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Oxytocin null mice ingest enhanced amounts of sweet solutions during light and dark cycles and during repeated shaker stress

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Centrally administered oxytocin elicits exaggerated grooming in oxytocin null mice

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Social investigation in a memory task relates to natural variation in septal expression of oxytocin receptor and vasopressin receptor 1a in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster).

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Arginine vasopressin deficiency: diagnosis, management and the relevance of oxytocin deficiency

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Effects of Oxytocin and Prolactin on Stress-Induced Bladder Hypersensitivity in Female Rats

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Facilitative role of endogenous oxytocin in noradrenaline release in the rat supraoptic nucleus

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Oxytocin and Anxiety Disorders: Translational and Therapeutic Aspects

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Oxytocin deficiency impairs maternal skeletal remodeling

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Oxytocin knockout mice: a model for studying stress-related and ingestive behaviours

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Oxytocin interference in the effects induced by inhalation of 7.5% CO₂ in healthy volunteers

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Oxytocin enhances the inhibitory effects of diazepam in the rat central medial amygdala

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Oxytocin and the warm outer glow: Thermoregulatory deficits cause huddling abnormalities in oxytocin-deficient mouse pups

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Possible oxytocin-related biomarkers in anxiety and mood disorders

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Corticosterone release is heightened in food or water deprived oxytocin deficient male mice

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Postnatal development of neurotransmitter systems and their relevance to extinction of conditioned fear

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Antidepressant- and anxiolytic-like activities of Rosmarinus officinalis extract in rodent models: Involvement of oxytocinergic system

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Course of obsessive-compulsive disorder during early postpartum period: a prospective analysis of 16 cases

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Oxytocin and Steroid Actions

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An Anxiolytic Action of Oxytocin is Enhanced by Estrogen in the Mouse

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MU-OPIOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONISM POTENTIATES THE ANXIOLYTIC-LIKE EFFECTS OF OXYTOCIN IN MICE

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