Funding for this research was provided by:
Israel Science Foundation (2220/22)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SH 752/2-1)
Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (AR210005)
United States - Israel Binational Science Foundation (2019186)
European Research Council (ERC-SyG oxytocINspace)
Article History
Received: 25 May 2026
Accepted: 5 August 2026
First Online: 27 August 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: All experimental procedures were approved by the Institutional Animal Care. and Use Committee of the University of Haifa (UoH-IL2203-139, 1077U).
Consent of publication: All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.