title: Sniffing and Oxytocin: Effects on Olfactory Memories.
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.
authors.affiliation: Center for Psychiatric Neurosciences, Department of Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital Center (CHUV), 1008 Prilly-Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: rstoop@unil.ch.
authors.forename: Ron
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stoop
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D009830:Olfactory Bulb / Q000502:physiology*; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000378:metabolism*; D012903:Smell / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D010121:Oxytocin