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Oxytocin—a social peptide? Deconstructing the evidence

In this paper, we analyse the claim that oxytocin is a ‘social neuropeptide’. This claim originated from evidence that oxytocin was instrumental in the initiation of maternal behaviour and it was extended to become the claim that oxytocin has a key role in promoting social interactions between indiv...

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Autores principales: Leng, Gareth, Leng, Rhodri I., Ludwig, Mike
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9272144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35858110
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2021.0055