A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has revealed that mice spontaneously help ...

So let’s raise a (coffee) mug to these unsung heroes and take a look at the many things dogs do for us every day—that we ...

This is not an impartial review. Having long been a convert to the view that the neuropeptide oxytocin is of great importance in social and reproductive behavior and emotions, I am sympathetic to ...

Oxytocin is a powerful neuropeptide or a small protein-like molecule that acts both as a hormone and as a neurotransmitter in the brain, says psychologist Dr Rituparna Ghosh. It is produced in the ...

New findings suggest that this amiable shift was driven by changes in the 'love hormone' oxytocin inside their brains. If there was a contest for biggest female bullies of the animal world ...

Areas of expertise Our group works on investigating the molecular genetics of neuropeptide and other hormone receptors ... Key receptors being studied are the vasopressin and oxytocin receptors, novel ...

The researchers found that the more recently evolved egalitarian species had more oxytocin receptors than ... Schrock et al, Neuropeptide receptor distributions in male and female Eulemur vary ...