Over one hour, a particularly motivated mouse poked its nose 350 times into a hole in the test chamber in the hopes of meeting a playmate.

The drugs may reopen a critical window during development in which the brain can more easily adjust its connections.

The approach provides an “off-the-shelf” way for researchers to compare oxytocin function across species, the team says.

A careful clinician who prizes evidence, Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele is happy to embrace trial failures, as long as he learns from them.

New data from clinical trials of arbaclofen and oxytocin underscore the murkiness of null results. Plus, researchers seek clarity on the neurodevelopmental effects of oxytocin during childbirth.

Mice and rats, for example, gravitate toward their mother’s bedding over bedding that is clean or smells of a different dam.

CRISPR-edited prairie voles that lack receptors for the so-called “social hormone” still bond with their mate and pups, raising questions about the molecule’s role.

A range of presentations at Neuroscience 2022 tie atypical social behavior to trouble discriminating between odors in the animals.

This month’s newsletter explores the pandemic’s effects on autism rates, trends in co-occurring mental health conditions, and the impact of intranasal oxytocin.

Parents’ health, treatment dosages and sensory perception feature in this month’s crop of null and replicated results.