Oxytocin: Not "just a female hormone": A very special issue and a very special molecule.

For decades it was believed that oxytocin was "just a female hormone." This was a mistake. In the 21st century it has become clear that oxytocin arose from ancient roots, and acquired dozens of diverse functions throughout the mammalian body.

A revision to marble burying: video analysis during the marble burying task is imperative to understanding rodent behavior.

The translational value of the marble burying task (MBT) is debatable. Here we performed video analysis of behaviors during the MBT to accurately capture the details of all behaviors displayed during this task. Our results show that a count of marbles buried at the end of the task may not be a good translational correlate of the 'intentional marble burying' that the task is assumed to measure.