Intranasal administration of oxytocin (OXT) might be a promising new adjunctive therapy for
mental disorders characterized by social behavioral alterations such as autism and
schizophrenia. Despite promising initial studies in humans, it is not yet clear the specificity of
the behavioral effects induced by chronic intranasal OXT and if chronic intranasal OXT could
have different effects compared with single administration. This is critical for the
aforementioned chronic mental disorders that might potentially involve life-long treatments …

Intranasal administration of oxytocin (OXT) might be a promising new adjunctive therapy for
mental disorders characterized by social behavioural alterations such as autism and
schizophrenia. Despite promising initial studies in humans, it is not yet clear the entity or the
specificity of the behavioural effects induced by chronic intranasal OXT and if chronic
intranasal OXT could have different effects compared to single administration. This is critical
for the aforementioned chronic mental disorders that might potentially involve life-long …