Effects of chronic oxytocin on attention to dynamic facial expressions in infant macaques.

ABSTRACT: Studies in a variety of species have reported enhanced prosocial effects after an acute administration of the neuromodulating hormone, oxytocin (OT). Although the exact mechanisms underlying these effects are not fully understood, there is broad interest in developing OT into a treatment for social deficits. Only a few studies, however, have examined the effects of OT if given repeatedly during early development, the period when early intervention is likely to have the greatest benefits for reversing the progression towards social impairment. Those studies, exclusively in rodents, report mixed results. Some have shown enhancement of prosocial behavior, including increased social exploration, but others have shown anti-social effects, including increased aggression. In the present study, in

SUBMITTER: Parr LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5159270 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature