Oxytocin and excitation/inhibition balance in social recognition

Social recognition is the sensitive domains of complex behavior critical for identification, interpretation and storage of socially meaningful information. Social recognition develops throughout childhood and adolescent, and is affected in a wide variety of psychiatric disorders. Recently, new data appeared on the molecular mechanisms of these processes, particularly, the excitatory –inhibitory (E/I) ratio which is modified during development, and then E/I balance is established in the adult brain.

Source: Neuropeptides - September 21, 2018 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Olga L. Lopatina, Yulia K. Komleva, Yana V. Gorina, Raisa Ya Olovyannikova, Lyudmila V. Trufanova, Takanori Hashimoto, Tetsuya Takahashi, Mitsuru Kikuchi, Yoshio Minabe, Haruhiro Higashida, Alla B. Salmina Tags: News and Reviews Source Type: research