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Inga D. Neumann is a researcher affiliated with the University of Regensburg in Germany. Their primary fields of study include Psychology and Neuroscience, with a focus on Social Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, and Biological Psychiatry.

Neumann's research extensively covers topics related to neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, stress responses and cortisol, evolutionary psychology and human behavior, neuroscience of respiration and sleep, tryptophan and brain disorders, corneal surgery and disorders, as well as attachment and relationship dynamics.

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Neumann include the following:

  • Brain oxytocin: how puzzle stones from animal studies translate into psychiatry, 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Advances in human oxytocin measurement: challenges and proposed solutions, 2022, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Neurobiology of the lateral septum: regulation of social behavior, 2021, Trends in Neurosciences
  • Oxytocin and vasopressin within the ventral and dorsal lateral septum modulate aggression in female rats, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Wireless Optogenetic Stimulation of Oxytocin Neurons in a Semi-natural Setup Dynamically Elevates Both Pro-social and Agonistic Behaviors, 2020, Neuron

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Anna Bludau
  • Benjamin Jurek
  • Rohit Menon
  • Vinícius Elias de Moura Oliveira
  • Katharina Gryksa

Neumann's publications are often featured in journals such as Molecular Psychiatry, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Psychoneuroendocrinology, European Neuropsychopharmacology, and Translational Psychiatry.

Best Publications

  • Vasopressin and oxytocin release within the brain: a dynamic concept of multiple and variable modes of neuropeptide communication

    Rainer Landgraf;Inga D. Neumann

  • Balance of brain oxytocin and vasopressin: implications for anxiety, depression, and social behaviors

    Inga D. Neumann;Rainer Landgraf

  • Brain Oxytocin: A Key Regulator of Emotional and Social Behaviours in Both Females and Males

    I. D. Neumann

  • The Oxytocin Receptor: From Intracellular Signaling to Behavior

    Benjamin Jurek;Inga D. Neumann

  • Effects of different kinds of couple interaction on cortisol and heart rate responses to stress in women

    Beate Ditzen;Inga D. Neumann;Guy Bodenmann;Bernadette von Dawans

  • Periodic Maternal Deprivation Induces Gender-Dependent Alterations in Behavioral and Neuroendocrine Responses to Emotional Stress in Adult Rats

    Alexandra Wigger;Inga D Neumann

  • Increased brain and plasma oxytocin after nasal and peripheral administration in rats and mice

    Inga D. Neumann;Rodrigue Maloumby;Daniela I. Beiderbeck;Michael Lukas

  • Oxytocin in General Anxiety and Social Fear: A Translational Approach

    Inga D. Neumann;David A. Slattery

  • Effects of suckling on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis responses to psychosocial stress in postpartum lactating women.

    Markus Heinrichs;Markus Heinrichs;Gunther Meinlschmidt;Inga D. Neumann;Sabine Wagner

  • Brain oxytocin correlates with maternal aggression: link to anxiety

    Oliver J Bosch;Simone L Meddle;Daniela I Beiderbeck;Alison J Douglas

  • Brain oxytocin inhibits basal and stress-induced activity of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis in male and female rats: partial action within the paraventricular nucleus.

    I. D. Neumann;A. Wigger;L. Torner;F. Holsboer

  • Involvement of the brain oxytocin system in stress coping: interactions with the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis.

    Inga D. Neumann

  • Brain oxytocin: differential inhibition of neuroendocrine stress responses and anxiety-related behaviour in virgin, pregnant and lactating rats.

    I.D. Neumann;L. Torner;A. Wigger

  • The Neuropeptide Oxytocin Facilitates Pro-Social Behavior and Prevents Social Avoidance in Rats and Mice

    Michael Lukas;Iulia Toth;Stefan O Reber;David A Slattery

  • Both oxytocin and vasopressin are mediators of maternal care and aggression in rodents: from central release to sites of action.

    Oliver J. Bosch;Inga D. Neumann

  • Attenuated neuroendocrine responses to emotional and physical stressors in pregnant rats involve adenohypophysial changes

    I. D. Neumann;H. A. Johnstone;M. Hatzinger;G. Liebsch

  • Central vasopressin and oxytocin release: regulation of complex social behaviours

    Alexa H. Veenema;Inga D. Neumann

  • Characterization of the oxytocin system regulating affiliative behavior in female prairie voles.

    Heather E. Ross;Charlene D. Cole;Charlene D. Cole;Yoland Smith;Yoland Smith;Inga D. Neumann

  • Oxytocin and vasopressin release within the supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei of pregnant, parturient and lactating rats: A microdialysis study

    I. Neumann;J.A. Russell;R. Landgraf

  • Behavioral consequences of intracerebral vasopressin and oxytocin : Focus on learning and memory

    Mario Engelmann;Carsten T Wotjak;Inga Neumann;Mike Ludwig

Frequent Co-Authors

Rainer Landgraf
Rainer Landgraf Max Planck Society
David A. Slattery
David A. Slattery Goethe University Frankfurt
John A. Russell
John A. Russell University of Edinburgh
Nicolas Singewald
Nicolas Singewald University of Innsbruck
Nicola Toschi
Nicola Toschi University of Rome Tor Vergata
Florian Holsboer
Florian Holsboer Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry
Markus Heinrichs
Markus Heinrichs University of Freiburg
Gregers Wegener
Gregers Wegener Aarhus University
Valery Grinevich
Valery Grinevich Heidelberg University
Larry J. Young
Larry J. Young Emory University

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