Assembling the puzzle: pathways of oxytocin signaling in the brain

V Grinevich, HS Knobloch-Bollmann, M Eliava… - Biological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Oxytocin (OT) is a neuropeptide, which can be seen to be one of the molecules of the
decade due to its profound prosocial effects in nonvertebrate and vertebrate species,
including humans. Although OT can be detected in various physiological fluids (blood,
saliva, urine, cerebrospinal fluid) and brain tissue, it is unclear whether peripheral and
central OT releases match and synergize. Moreover, the pathways of OT delivery to brain
regions involved in specific behaviors are far from clear. Here, we discuss the evolutionarily …