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Species | CAROL SUE CARTERSummaryAffiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago Country: USA Publications
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Oxytocin, vasopressin and socialityC Sue Carter
The Brain Body Center, Department of Psychiatry, 1601 W Taylor St MC 912, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Prog Brain Res 170:331-6. 2008..e. social isolation)...
The chemistry of child neglect: do oxytocin and vasopressin mediate the effects of early experience?C Sue Carter
Brain Body Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:18247-8. 2005- Consequences of early experiences and exposure to oxytocin and vasopressin are sexually dimorphicC Sue Carter
Department of Psychiatry, Brain Body Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Ill 60612, USA
Dev Neurosci 31:332-41. 2009.... 
Sex differences in oxytocin and vasopressin: implications for autism spectrum disorders?C Sue Carter
The Brain Body Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago 60612, USA
Behav Brain Res 176:170-86. 2007..Deficits in other developmental growth factors, such as reelin, which may in turn regulate or be regulated by OT or VP, are additional candidates for a role in ASD...- Oxytocin: behavioral associations and potential as a salivary biomarkerC Sue Carter
Brain Body Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1098:312-22. 2007..These results confirm the biological relevance of changes in salivary OT with stressors and support saliva as a noninvasive source to monitor central neuroendocrine function... - Developmental consequences of oxytocinC Sue Carter
Department of Psychiatry, Brain Body Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Physiol Behav 79:383-97. 2003..Possible mechanisms for such effects, including long-lasting changes in OT and vasopressin, are summarized... - Developmental effects of oxytocin on neural activation and neuropeptide release in response to social stimuliKristin M Kramer
Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1601 W Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Horm Behav 49:206-14. 2006..Treatment effects also were observed in vasopressin immunoreactivity in the SON with OT-treated females showing a decrease... - Effects of neonatal oxytocin manipulations on male reproductive potential in prairie volesKaren L Bales
The Brain Body Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1601 W Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Physiol Behav 81:519-26. 2004..These differences suggest that in males, developmental manipulations of OT may have the potential to influence the subsequent expression of sexual behavior and sperm transport... - Neonatal oxytocin treatment modulates oxytocin receptor, atrial natriuretic peptide, nitric oxide synthase and estrogen receptor mRNAs expression in rat heartHossein Pournajafi-Nazarloo
Brain Body Center, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Peptides 28:1170-7. 2007..Also with the exception of ERalpha mRNA, the effects are the same in both sexes... - Peripheral oxytocin is associated with reduced symptom severity in schizophreniaLeah H Rubin
Department of Psychiatry, Center for Cognitive Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Schizophr Res 124:13-21. 2010..We investigated the effects of menstrual cycle phase and related fluctuations in peripheral hormone levels on clinical symptoms in women with chronic schizophrenia... - Modulation of corticotropin-releasing hormone type 2 receptor and urocortin 1 and urocortin 2 mRNA expression in the cardiovascular system of prairie voles following acute or chronic stressHossein Pournajafi-Nazarloo
Brain Body Center, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Neuroendocrinology 86:17-25. 2007.... - Social isolation disrupts autonomic regulation of the heart and influences negative affective behaviorsAngela J Grippo
Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
Biol Psychiatry 62:1162-70. 2007..The current study investigated behavioral, cardiac, and autonomic responses to a chronic social stressor in prairie voles, a rodent species that displays social behaviors similar to humans... - Social isolation induces behavioral and neuroendocrine disturbances relevant to depression in female and male prairie volesAngela J Grippo
Department of Psychiatry, Brain Body Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Psychoneuroendocrinology 32:966-80. 2007..These findings suggest that social isolation induces behavioral and neuroendocrine responses relevant to depression in male and female prairie voles, although neuroendocrine responses in females may be especially sensitive to isolation... - Social isolation in prairie voles induces behaviors relevant to negative affect: toward the development of a rodent model focused on co-occurring depression and anxietyAngela J Grippo
Department of Psychiatry and Brain Body Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
Depress Anxiety 25:E17-26. 2008..These results may provide a foundation for creating a rodent model to examine the mechanisms underlying comorbid mood and anxiety disorders... - Detection of salivary oxytocin levels in lactating womenRosemary White-Traut
University of Illinois College of Nursing, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Dev Psychobiol 51:367-73. 2009..The findings suggest that oxytocin release into saliva increases in anticipation of feedings. This study also supports the potential usefulness of salivary measures of oxytocin as a noninvasive index of changes in this peptide... - Social isolation modulates corticotropin-releasing factor type 2 receptor, urocortin 1 and urocortin 2 mRNAs expression in the cardiovascular system of prairie volesHossein Pournajafi-Nazarloo
Brain Body Center, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Peptides 30:940-6. 2009.... - Depression-like behavior and stressor-induced neuroendocrine activation in female prairie voles exposed to chronic social isolationAngela J Grippo
Department of Psychiatry and Brain Body Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Psychosom Med 69:149-57. 2007..In this study, we hypothesized that social isolation in female prairie voles would induce depression-relevant behaviors and alter their neuroendocrine responses to an acute social stressor... - Cardiac regulation in the socially monogamous prairie voleAngela J Grippo
Department of Psychiatry and Brain Body Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1601 W Taylor St MC 912, Chicago, IL 60612, United States
Physiol Behav 90:386-93. 2007..The current results provide a foundation for studying neural and social regulation of cardiac function during different behavioral states in this socially monogamous rodent model... - Sex differences and developmental effects of manipulations of oxytocin on alloparenting and anxiety in prairie volesKaren L Bales
Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Dev Psychobiol 44:123-31. 2004.... - Cohabitation induced Fos immunoreactivity in the monogamous prairie voleBruce S Cushing
Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
Brain Res 965:203-11. 2003..The results from this study suggest that early neuronal activation associated with heterosexual cohabitation is similar in both sexes, while neuronal activation is sexually dimorphic in response to intrasexual cohabitation... - Developmental effects of oxytocin on stress response: single versus repeated exposureKristin M Kramer
The Brain Body Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Physiol Behav 79:775-82. 2003..A single treatment with either saline or OTA increased basal CORT. The results suggest that endogenous OT may be involved in the development of the stress response in females... - Central expression of c-Fos in neonatal male and female prairie voles in response to treatment with oxytocinBruce S Cushing
Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
Brain Res Dev Brain Res 143:129-36. 2003..In females changes in Fos expression were stimulated by treatment with OTA, suggesting that endogenous OT affects cellular activity while males responded to exogenous OT... - Effects of stress on parental care are sexually dimorphic in prairie volesKaren L Bales
Department of Psychiatry and Brain Body Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL 60612, USA
Physiol Behav 87:424-9. 2006..These findings support earlier studies suggesting that the neuroendocrine substrates of parental behavior, as well as the effects of stressors, are sexually dimorphic in this species... - Sex differences and developmental effects of oxytocin on aggression and social behavior in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)Karen L Bales
Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Horm Behav 44:178-84. 2003..These findings demonstrate a sex difference in intrasexual aggression and suggest that neonatal exposure to OT may facilitate the onset of the mate-guarding component of pair bonding in female prairie voles... - Oxytocin receptors in brain cortical regions are reduced in haploinsufficient (+/-) reeler miceWensheng Liu
Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1601 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Neurol Res 27:339-45. 2005.... - Social factors regulate female-female aggression and affiliation in prairie volesCatherine M Bowler
Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
Physiol Behav 76:559-66. 2002..Social experiences associated with prolonged cohabitation with a male facilitate the induction of female-female aggression; however, ovarian hormones, pregnancy or mating are not essential to induce aggression... - Developmental exposure to oxytocin facilitates partner preferences in male prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)Karen L Bales
Department of Biology, University of Maryland, USA
Behav Neurosci 117:854-9. 2003..Both OT and OTA voles had significantly higher levels of social contact than saline controls. A single neonatal injection of OT increased both total and selective social behaviors in male prairie voles... - Pup exposure elicits hippocampal cell proliferation in the prairie voleMichael G Ruscio
Department of Psychology, College of Charleston, 66 George St, Charleston, SC 29401, United States
Behav Brain Res 187:9-16. 2008..These results demonstrate that exposure to a foster pup and the behavioral reaction to it (parental or non-parental) are associated with site-specific changes in cell proliferation... - Oxytocin has dose-dependent developmental effects on pair-bonding and alloparental care in female prairie volesKaren L Bales
Department of Psychology, One Shields Ave, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Horm Behav 52:274-9. 2007..OT may have broad developmental consequences, but these effects are not linear and may both increase and decrease the propensity to display behaviors such as pair-bonding... - Early experience affects the traits of monogamy in a sexually dimorphic mannerKaren L Bales
Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis 95616, USA
Dev Psychobiol 49:335-42. 2007..MAN0 animals of both sexes were less exploratory in the EPM than MAN1 counterparts. These experiments support the hypothesis that behaviors used to characterize monogamy are vulnerable in a sex-specific manner to early experience... - An exploratory study of neurohormonal responses of healthy men to massageDebra Bello
Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Deerfield, IL 60015, USA
J Altern Complement Med 14:387-94. 2008..This research examined the relationship between plasma oxytocin (OT), arginine vasopressin (AVP), cortisol, and anxiety before, during, and after a massage in healthy adult men... - Hormonal regulation of agonistic and affiliative behavior in female mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus)Maria Razzoli
Dipartmento di Biologia Evolutiva e Funzionale, Universita di Parma, Parma 43100, Italy
Horm Behav 43:549-53. 2003..Over a sustained period of cohabitation social cues appear to be more important in regulating affiliation than gonadal hormones... - Corticotropin-releasing factor induces social preferences in male prairie volesA Courtney Devries
Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University, 1 Townshend Hall, 1885 Neil Avenue, Columbus 43210, USA
Psychoneuroendocrinology 27:705-14. 2002..Furthermore, co-administration of a CRF receptor antagonist prevented the formation of CRF-induced social preferences. These data provide support for a role of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in social bonding in prairie voles...
Research Grants
- Effects of Early ExperienceCarol Carter; Fiscal Year: 2009..Intergenerational effects of these experiences will be examined as well. ..
- Neurobiology of Social SupportC Carter; Fiscal Year: 2007..In addition, these studies may help us understand neuroendocrine mechanisms underlying child neglect or abuse and why these may differ in males and females. ..
- Neurobiology of Social SupportCAROL SUE CARTER; Fiscal Year: 2010..In addition, these studies may help us understand neuroendocrine mechanisms underlying child neglect or abuse and why these may differ in males and females. ..