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1. The Importance of Experimental Investigation of the Peripheral Oxytocin System Stephen J. Assinder 2. Human Myometrial Contractility Assays Sarah Arrowsmith 3. The Effect of Oxytocin on Intracellular Ca2+ Release in Cardiac Cells Anatoliy Shmygol, Sanaa H.S.H. Alameri, Khadeijah Y.K.M. Almemari, Naema M.A.J. Alsuwaidi, and Ifrah I. Ali 4. The Importance of Experimental Investigation of the CNS Oxytocin System Kelsie A. Boulton and Adam J. Guastella 5. The Role of Oxytocin in Social Circuits and Social Behavior in Dementia Olivier Piguet, Rebekah M. Ahmed, and Fiona Kumfor 6. Evaluating Methylation of the Oxytocin Receptor Gene and the Oxytocin Intergenic Region Leonora King, Stephanie Robins, Gary Chen, Gustavo Turecki, and Phyllis Zelkowitz 7. Using Receptor Autoradiography to Visualize and Quantify Oxytocin and Vasopressin 1a Receptors in the Human and Nonhuman Primate Brain Sara M. Freeman 8. 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 Jaroslav Rokicki, Daniel S. Quintana, and Lars T. Westlye 9. CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Genetic Engineering to Generate a Disease Model Prairie Vole, Based on the Species-Optimized Assisted Reproductive Technology Kengo Horie and Katsuhiko Nishimori 10. The Current Status of Drug Discovery for the Oxytocin Receptor Philippe E. Nashar, Aidan Whitfield, Jiri Mikusek, and Tristan A. Reekie 11. Fmoc Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis of Oxytocin and Analogues Thomas Kremsmayr and Markus Muttenthaler 12. Employing the Operational Model to Measure System-Independent OTR Efficacy Kiyan Afzali and Mark Connor 13. Use of BRET to Measure -Arrestin Recruitment at Oxytocin and Vasopressin Receptors Edin Muratspahic, Jasmin Gattringer, and Christian W. Gruber 14. Measuring Affinity of Ligands to the Oxytocin Receptor Using Radioligand Binding Eryn L. Werry and Michael Kassiou 15. Use of Co-Cultures to Measure the Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability of Oxytocin Yasuhiko Yamamoto, Ai Harashima, Sei-ichi Munesue, and Haruhiro Higashida 16. Intracerebral Delivery of an OTR Antagonist and Subsequent Behavioral Testing in Prairie Voles Yu Hirota, Chisato Otsuki, Erika Kamura, and Shinichi Mitsui
