An evolutionary timeline of the oxytocin signaling pathway

Abstract Oxytocin is a neuropeptide associated with both psychological and somatic processes like parturition and social bonding. Although oxytocin homologs have been identified in many species, the evolutionary timeline of the entire oxytocin signaling gene pathway has yet to be described. Using pr...

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Main Authors: Alina M. Sartorius, Jaroslav Rokicki, Siri Birkeland, Francesco Bettella, Claudia Barth, Ann-Marie G. de Lange, Marit Haram, Alexey Shadrin, Adriano Winterton, Nils Eiel Steen, Emanuel Schwarz, Dan J. Stein, Ole A. Andreassen, Dennis van der Meer, Lars T. Westlye, Constantina Theofanopoulou, Daniel S. Quintana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-04-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06094-9