- 2375. Drug Addiction and Bonding
- Doctor Larry Young discusses his research with prairie voles and suggests that the same neurobiological processes may underlie drug addiction and bonding.
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- 2378. Neuropeptides Influence Social Bonds
- Doctor Larry Young explains that social personality traits are influenced by levels of oxytocin and vasopressin in the brain.
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- 2379. Social Differences Wired Into DNA
- Doctor Larry Young explains that the genes that encode for vasopressin receptors can predict social behaviors. This intriguing finding makes the link between genes, the brain and behavior.
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- 2385. The Neurobiology of Love
- Doctor Larry Young discusses that he believes there is a biological basis to love.
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- 2011. Vasopressin, oxytocin and bonding (2)
- Doctor Thomas Insel continues his discussion of the two neuropeptides, vasopressin and oxytocin.
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- 2384. Dopamine, Oxytocin, Rewards, and Bonding
- Doctor Larry Young discusses how dopamine and oxytocin interact in the reward and reinforcement parts of the brain to help form social bonds.
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- 2329. The Brain Rewad System - Brain Structures
- Doctor Abraham Zangen discusses the key structures underlying the brain reward system, a complex neural network that includes the nucleus accumbens and hippocampus.
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- 2386. Oxytocin And Autism
- Doctor Larry Young discusses evidence of a relationship between oxytocin and autism, speculating that oxytocin may be used to treat autism.
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- 2376. Love, Pair-Bonding, and Prairie Voles
- Doctor Larry Young explains that the experience of being in love activates pleasure centers in the brain, and comments that bonding in prairie voles may be similar to humans.
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- 2377. Oxytocin, Emotion, and Autism
- Doctor Larry Young discusses how taking oxytocin may increase trust and affect social abilities in humans. This may be a future treatment for autism.
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