ArticleBiology open2017
Vasotocin receptor blockade disrupts maternal care of offspring in a viviparous snake,
Article in Biology open, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Maternal glucocorticoids have persistent effects on offspring social phenotype irrespective of opportunity for social buffering.The Journal of animal ecology · 2026Article
- The Neural Distribution of Vasotocin, Oxytocin, Dopamine, and Serotonin in Two Australian Skinks With Contrasting Social Lives.The Journal of comparative neurology · 2026Article
- Acute administration of Manning compound during the spawning period reduces reproductive success in female zebrafish.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- Oxytocin in Women's Health and Disease.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Review
- Arginine Vasotocin, the Social Neuropeptide of Amphibians and Reptiles.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2017Review
- Vasotocin influences mother-offspring associations in a facultatively family-living lizard.Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral EcologyArticle
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Abstract
Parental care is a complex social behavior that is widespread among vertebrates. The neuroendocrine regulation of parent-offspring social behavior has been well-described in mammals, and to a lesser extent, in birds and fish. However, little is known regarding the underlying mechanisms that mediate the expression of care behaviors in squamate reptiles. In mammalian model species and humans, posterior pituitary hormones of the oxytocin and vasopressin families mediate parental care behaviors. To test the hypothesis that the regulatory role of posterior pituitary neuropeptides is conserved in a viviparous squamate reptile, we pharmacologically blocked the vasotocin receptor in post-parturient pigmy rattlesnakes,
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