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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP150101307
Funding Status
Active
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Funded Activity Summary
Understanding biological pathways underlying social behaviour in humans. This project aims to show for the first time how oxytocin interacts with neural social and reward pathways to guide social behaviour. Oxytocin is a natural neuropeptide and hormone that has a critical role in the regulation of social behaviour across mammalian species. In animals, direct evidence demonstrates how endogenous and exogenous oxytocin interacts with social and reward neural pathways to alter social behaviour, including social recognition, relationship formation, and long-term bonds. The project intends to use radio-labelling techniques in combination with positron emission tomography to track oxytocin and show what regions of the brain oxytocin impacts to then influence social cognition and behaviour in humans.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 06-2016
End Date: 06-2024
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $1,037,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Neurocognitive Patterns and Neural Networks | Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology) | Psychology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences |
