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Oxytocinergic and vasopressinergic substances in the brain are involved in guiding social behavior – News-Medical.Net
Research conducted by the University of Valencia (UV) and the Jaume I University of Castellón (UJI), among other institutions, has found alterations to the structure of the brain’s nonapeptidergic systems, social behavior and the production of pheromones, tra…

Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Sep 4 2020
Research conducted by the University of Valencia (UV) and the Jaume I University of Castellón (UJI), among other institutions, has found alterations to the structure of the brain’s nonapeptidergic systems, social behavior and the production of pheromones, traits that reveal sexual dimorphism, in male mice with a lack of the Mecp2 gene.
In humans, mutations of this gene cause Rett syndrome, a rare disease of the neural development which causes, among…