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Oxytocin in Maternal, Sexual and Social Behaviors Cort A. Pedersen

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Author: Cort A. Pedersen
Published Date: 01 Jan 1993
Publisher: New York Academy of Sciences
Language: English
Format: Hardback::490 pages
ISBN10: 0897666992
ISBN13: 9780897666992
File size: 55 Mb
Dimension: 165.1x 230x 31.75mm::839.15g

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Download Oxytocin in Maternal, Sexual and Social Behaviors. Oxytocin is familiar to doctors as the hormone that spurs birth "Oxytocin in Maternal, Sexual and Social Behaviors," published the New Oxytocin has been implicated in setting a number of social behaviors in species and oxytocin acting within the brain plays a major role in establishing maternal behavior. It may also have effects on some aspects of male sexual behavior. If hormones could win popularity contests, oxytocin might well be queen of the day. Given oxytocin's connection to such life-affirming activities as maternal behavior, lactation, selective social bonding and sexual pleasure, researchers have been working overtime to uncover its role in the brain and in regulating behavior. BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To date, most parent-based research has neglected the role of fathers in shaping adolescent sexual behavior and has focused on mothers. The objective of this study was to conduct a structured review to assess the role of paternal influence on adolescent sexual behavior and to assess the methodological quality of the paternal influence literature related to Our findings highlight BDNF as a modulator of sexually-dimorphic hypothalamic While it is established that BDNF modulates social behavior in males female-typical social behaviors, particularly mating and maternal care. Keverne EB, Kendrick KM (1992) Oxytocin facilitation of maternal behavior in sheep, In: Oxytocin in Maternal, Sexual, and Social Behaviors (Pedersen CA, Oxytocin in Maternal, Sexual, and Social Behaviors (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences): 9780897667005: Medicine & Health Science Books 33. 34. 35. Insel, T. And L. Shapiro 1992 Oxytocin receptor distribution reflects social organization in (eds) Oxytocin in Maternal, Sexual, and Social Behaviors. best known for its role in social behavior including maternal bonding. Sex differences in the neural and behavioral response to intranasal oxytocin and Start studying psychology gender and sexuality. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Hormones do influence human sexual behavior, but in a looser way.Among women with mates, sexual desire rises slightly at ovulation women seek males with loyal behavior nd physical social power and resources Nevertheless, oxytocin does appear to be associated with social behavior, including maternal care, bonding between couples, sexual behavior, Studies of social recognition and memory in male mice, processes important for the establishment of affiliative behavior, conclude that OXT actions on social behavior are mediated changes in recognition and social memory [6, 7]. In male rats, OXT facilitates sexual behavior through actions in the PVN. Hormonal processes control maternal behavior right after birth, and problems may occur if the female gives birth too early. On the other hand, pseudo-pregnancy causes females to undergo hormonal changes, which may elicit maternal behavior in various degrees. Maternal behavior appears to be self-reinforcing. Oxytocin might also influence normal behavior in humans, and dysfunctions in the Caldwell J.D., Insel T.R.Oxytocin in Maternal, Sexual and Social Behaviors. Oxytocin, for example, like REM sleep, is found exclusively in mammals. Tral role in the expression of maternal behavior, sexual behavior, social bond

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