Oxytocin Turns Up the Volume of Your Social Environment (1 of 3) (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

Oxytocin Turns Up the Volume of Your Social Environment (1 of 3)

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A new study from UC Davis working with a mouse model of social anxiety shows that the "love hormone" oxytocin can enhance negative as well as positive experiences. After social stress, female California mice have more active oxytocin cells in the brain and avoid novel social situations. Inhibiting the action of oxytocin in the brain can restore normal social behavior in female mice that experienced social stress.

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Natalia Duque-Wilckens, UC Davis

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