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February 20, 2024 - But it also seems to have a significant antianxiety effect. Give oxytocin to people with certain anxiety disorders, and activity in the amygdala—the primary fear center in human and other mammalian brains, two almond-shaped bits of brain tissue sitting deep beneath our temples—falls.

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July 5, 2017 - AVP is synthesized in the PvN and ... a review see [153]). It is also released to the hypothalamus and limbic system (including the amygdala) and is involved in stress responses and anxiety. Notably, brain AVP and oxytocin appear to have opposite effects on anxiety; AVP is anxiogenic, ...

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Oxytocin (OT) is a neuropeptide synthesized primarily by neurons of the paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei of the hypothalamus. These neurons have axons t...

There was one significant cluster ... right amygdala (cluster 1: size ¼ 54, peak Z ¼ 2.79, MNI coordinates x, y, z (mm) ¼ À22, À10, À16, cluster 2: size ¼ 22, peak Z ¼ 2.87, MNI coordinates x, y, z (mm) ¼ 24, À4, À24) (Figure 1). There were no significant effects of oxytocin in the other regions of interest. ... ... In addition to its pivotal role ...

Oxytocin (OT) orchestrates social and emotional behaviors through modulation of neural circuits. In the central amygdala, the release of OT modulates inhibitory circuits and, thereby, suppresses fear responses and decreases anxiety levels. Using astrocyte-specific gain and loss of function ...