AVP and oxytocin modulate human social behavior through distinct but overlapping mechanisms: oxytocin promotes trust and empathy while vasopressin influences social recognition, pair-bonding, and aggression.
Key findingAVP and oxytocin modulate human social behavior through distinct but overlapping mechanisms: oxytocin promotes trust and empathy while vasopressin inf
What the researchers found
AVP and oxytocin modulate human social behavior through distinct but overlapping mechanisms: oxytocin promotes trust and empathy while vasopressin influences social recognition, pair-bonding, and aggression.
Why it matters
Relevant for peptide research.
How the study worked
research study.
What this study cannot tell us
See abstract.
How to read the evidence
emerging evidence.
When this study was published
Published in 2009.
The bigger picture
Advances peptide research.
Questions still open
- Further research needed.
Common questions
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Arginine vasopressin and oxytocin modulate human social behavior.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1167, 87-102
Citation
Ebstein, Richard P; Israel, Salomon; Lerer, Elad; Uzefovsky, Florina; Shalev, Idan; Gritsenko, Inga; Riebold, Mathias; Salomon, Shahaf; Yirmiya, Nurit. (2009). Arginine vasopressin and oxytocin modulate human social behavior.. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1167, 87-102. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04541.x