Daily oxytocin patterns in relation to psychopathy and childhood trauma in residential youth

Oxytocin is a neuropeptide that has received much attention due its relation to social behaviors, such as social affiliation, pair bonding, emotion recognition, trust, empathy, altruism, and attachment (Campbell, 2008, 2010; Lee et al., 2009a; Veening& Olivier, 2013). Several approaches have been proposed to better understand the underlying mechanisms of oxytocin in social behaviors. Particularly, it has been suggested that oxytocin might play a role in the development of the social brain as it is involved in the processing of social sensory input in the neocortex during the first postnatal years (Vaidyanathan& Hammock, 2016).
Source: Psychoneuroendocrinology - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Source Type: research