Table of Contents

The Importance of Experimental Investigation of the Peripheral Oxytocin System.- Human Myometrial Contractility Assays.- The Effect of Oxytocin on Intracellular Ca2+ Release in Cardiac Cells.- The Importance of Experimental Investigation of the CNS Oxytocin System.- The Role of Oxytocin in Social Circuits and Social Behavior in Dementia.- Evaluating Methylation of the Oxytocin Receptor Gene and the Oxytocin Intergenic Region.- Using Receptor Autoradiography to Visualize and Quantify Oxytocin and Vasopressin 1a Receptors in the Human and Nonhuman Primate Brain.- Linking Central Gene Expression Patterns and Mental States Using Transcriptomics and Large-Scale Meta-Analysis of fMRI Data: A Tutorial and Example Using the Oxytocin Signaling Pathway.- CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Genetic Engineering to Generate a Disease Model Prairie Vole, Based on the Species-Optimized Assisted Reproductive Technology.- The Current Status of Drug Discovery for the Oxytocin Receptor.- Fmoc Solid PhasePeptide Synthesis of Oxytocin and Analogues.- Employing the Operational Model to Measure System-Independent OTR Efficacy.- Use of BRET to Measure β-Arrestin Recruitment at Oxytocin and Vasopressin Receptors.- Measuring Affinity of Ligands to the Oxytocin Receptor Using Radioligand Binding.- Use of Co-Cultures to Measure the Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability of Oxytocin.- Intracerebral Delivery of an OTR Antagonist and Subsequent Behavioral Testing in Prairie Voles.