Oxytocin regulates reunion affiliation with a pairmate following social separation in marmosets.

ABSTRACT: While separation from significant social partners produces a host of neurobiological and behavioral perturbations, including behavioral distress and increased glucocorticoid production, positive social interactions upon reunion are critical for the reestablishment of normative relationship dynamics and the attenuation of the biobehavioral stress response. The hormone oxytocin has critical and pervasive roles in reproductive and behavioral processes across the lifespan, and plays a particularly prominent role in social bonding. In this study, we examined the extent that oxytocin modulates interactions with a pairmate following separation challenges that varied in both social context (isolation; separation) and duration (long; short), in marmosets. We demonstrated that the impact of pharmaco

SUBMITTER: Cavanaugh J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6133767 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature