Objective Oxytocin(OXT)and arginine-vasopressin(AVP)are two closely related neuropeptides and implicated in regulation of mammalian complex social cognition and behaviors.
Stress has been found an important role in modulating behaviors.It is believed that acute and chronic stress have positive and negative effects on learning,respectively,through non-genetic and genetic
Objective At the preclinical level,the social defeat paradigmis considered one of the most robust models of stress-induced mood-related illnesses which possesses higher face,predictive,and ethological