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Developmental exposure to oxytocin is known to affect many behaviors (left) and neurotransmitter and neurohormone systems (right). These behavioral effects are often species and sex specific, which is consistent with oxytocin’s neuromodulatory role in adults. However, how these behavioral changes are rooted in the observed alterations in neurochemistry remains unknown.
