Endogenous testosterone and exogenous oxytocin influence the response to baby schema in the female brain.

But since humans practice alloparental care 3 and the BS is further known to be a universally relevant stimulus 4 the BS should be highly significant for women in general.

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Yet, the presence of a statistical trend in the OT-treated women with high endogenous T may conform to the idea that a system influenced by high levels of T may be more receptive to OT treatment, because in the female brain T could be directly converted into estradiol and thus modulate OT receptor density, which has been demonstrated in rats 29 .

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