OXT and Anxiety: A previous study reported that chronic lateral ventricular infusion of OXT at 10 ng/h for 15 days decreased mRNA expression of OXTR in dorsolateral septum (DLS), ventrolateral septum (VLS), basolateral amygdala, medial amygdala, nucleus of the amygdala (CeA), and median raphe nucleus and increased anxiety behavior (34).