Sniffing and Oxytocin: Effects on Olfactory Memories

Neuron. 2016 May 4;90(3):431-3. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.04.033.

Abstract

In this issue of Neuron, Oettl et al. (2016) show how oxytocin can boost processing of olfactory information in female rats by a top-downregulation from the anterior olfactory nucleus onto the main olfactory bulb. As a result, interactions with juvenile conspecifics receive more attention and are longer memorized.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Humans
  • Memory / physiology*
  • Neurons / metabolism*
  • Olfactory Bulb / physiology*
  • Oxytocin / metabolism*
  • Smell / physiology*

Substances

  • Oxytocin