Social Hormones and Human Behavior: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go from Here

• Main Author: Richard Paul Ebstein (auth)
• Other Authors: Idan Shalev (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; receptor; Oxytocin; receptors; Social Behavior; CD38; intranasal; Psychiatry
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Oxytocin (OT) and arginine vasopressin (AVP) are the paramount social hormones in mammals and accumulating evidence also strengthens the unique role of these neuropeptides also in human social behavior. Indeed from voles to humans, OT and AVP modulate an intriguing number of social behaviors resonat...