Evidence for intranasal oxytocin delivery to the brain: recent advances and future perspectives

DS Quintana, KT Smerud, OA Andreassen… - Therapeutic …, 2018 - Future Science
The neuropeptide oxytocin plays an evolutionarily conserved role in mammalian social
behavior. Despite striking effects on animal social behavior after intracerebroventricular drug …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in the field of intranasal oxytocin research: lessons learned and future directions for clinical research

DS Quintana, A Lischke, S Grace, D Scheele… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Reports on the modulatory role of the neuropeptide oxytocin on social cognition and
behavior have steadily increased over the last two decades, stimulating considerable …

Plasma and CSF oxytocin levels after intranasal and intravenous oxytocin in awake macaques

SM Freeman, S Samineni, PC Allen… - …, 2016 - Elsevier
Oxytocin (OT) is a neuropeptide that mediates a variety of complex social behaviors in
animals and humans. Intranasal OT has been used as an experimental therapeutic for …

[HTML][HTML] Labeled oxytocin administered via the intranasal route reaches the brain in rhesus macaques

MR Lee, TA Shnitko, SW Blue, AV Kaucher… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Oxytocin may have promise as a treatment for neuropsychiatric disorders. Its therapeutic
effect may depend on its ability to enter the brain and bind to the oxytocin receptor. To date …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of route of administration on oxytocin-induced changes in regional cerebral blood flow in humans

DA Martins, N Mazibuko, F Zelaya… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Could nose-to-brain pathways mediate the effects of peptides such as oxytocin (OT) on brain
physiology when delivered intranasally? We address this question by contrasting two …

[HTML][HTML] Nasal oxytocin for the treatment of psychiatric disorders and pain: achieving meaningful brain concentrations

DC Yeomans, LR Hanson, DS Carson… - Translational …, 2021 - nature.com
There is evidence of the therapeutic potential of intranasal oxytocin for the treatment of pain
and various psychiatric disorders, however, there is scant evidence that oxytocin reaches …

Intranasal oxytocin administration is reflected in human saliva

O Weisman, O Zagoory-Sharon, R Feldman - Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2012 - Elsevier
Following the discovery that intranasal administration of neuropeptides can reach the central
nervous system, a growing number of studies applied intranasal oxytocin (OT) paradigms to …

Oxytocin delivered nasally or intraperitoneally reaches the brain and plasma of normal and oxytocin knockout mice

AS Smith, AC Korgan, WS Young - Pharmacological research, 2019 - Elsevier
Intranasal delivery of oxytocin (Oxt) has been identified as a potential therapeutic to target
human conditions characterized by social deficits, yet the ability of this administrative route …

[HTML][HTML] Sniffing oxytocin: Nose to brain or nose to blood?

S Yao, Y Chen, Q Zhuang, Y Zhang, C Lan, S Zhu… - Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
In recent years ample studies have reported that intranasal administration of the
neuropeptide oxytocin can facilitate social motivation and cognition in healthy and clinical …

Improving the precision of intranasal oxytocin research

A Winterton, LT Westlye, NE Steen… - Nature Human …, 2021 - nature.com
The neuropeptide oxytocin has been popularized for its role in social behaviour and
nominated as a candidate treatment for several psychiatric illnesses due to promising …