PSYC318-Flowchart

OT (hypothalamus)

serotonin releasing cells (OTR) in dorsal raphe

reducing the amount of

glutamate release

All we know is that OT and serotonin both cause a

reduction in glutamate strength and are both needed for social reward (this is

only a correlation, not causation). They don’t actually prove that the reduction in

strength of glutamatergic input is necessary for the social reward