Species, sex and individual differences in the vasotocin/vasopressin system: Relationship to neurochemical signaling in the social behavior neural network

• Published in: Frontiers in neuroendocrinology Vol. 36; pp. 49 - 71
• Main Author: Albers, H. Elliott
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01-01-2015
• Subjects: Affiliation; Aggression; Animals; Brain - metabolism; Communication; Endocrinology & Metabolism; Estradiol; Humans; Individuality; Nerve Net - metabolism; Oxytocin; Pair bonding; Sex Characteristics; Signal Transduction - physiology; Social Behavior; Sociality; Species Specificity; Testosterone; V1a; V1b; Vasopressins - metabolism; Vasotocin - metabolism; small synaptic vesicles; LS; MPN; Sociality; MPOA; mesotocin; Affiliation; oxytocin; arginine-vasopressin; galanin; periaquaductal gray; V1b; MT; V1a; lateral habenular nucleus; gamma-aminobutyric acid; medial preoptic area; Pair bonding; IT; lateral septum; ventrolateral hypothalamus; GAL; GABA; Me; supraoptic nucleus; AVP; AVT; isotocin; lateral hypothalamus; LDCV; Estradiol; LHN; medial amygdala; VLH; arginine-vasotocin; Communication; OT; Aggression; large dense-core vesicles; ventromedial hypothalamus; medial preoptic nucleus; VMH; Testosterone; SON; PAG; SSV; LH; suprachiasmatic nucleus; SCN; Oxytocin
• ISSN: 0091-3022; 1095-6808
• DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2014.07.001

Highlights • Neurochemical signaling in the social behavior neural network. • Species, sex and individual differences in AVT/AVP and sociality. • Plasticity in the AVT/AVP system: gonadal hormones and social factors. • Synaptic, non-synaptic and volume transmission; nonapeptide receptors; local networks.