In ovariectomized female mice, the oxytocin blocker atosiban reduced operant social behavior.
In plain wordsIn female mice, a drug that blocks oxytocin lowered how hard the mice worked for social contact.
- Peptide
- Oxytocin
- Outcome
- DecreaseOperant social behavior
- Study
mousen: not reported in source
- Outcome group
- Social behavior and cognition · Nervous system and cognition
Source sentences
Finally, the oxytocin blocker, atosiban, reduced both operant and reflexive social behavior.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Ovariectomized female mice with or without estradiol replacement were trained to perform a bar-contact operant response for either male or female targets.
In this study, Oxytocin was a lab tool or a carrier, part of a mix, or the subject of a lab method. This result is not evidence about taking Oxytocin.