Acute and chronic administration of intranasal oxytocin and vasopressin have been
extensively utilized in both animal models and human preclinical and clinical studies over …

Oxytocin (OXT) is a cyclic nonapeptide, two amino acids of which are cysteine, forming an
intramolecular disulfide bond. OXT is produced in the hypothalamus and is secreted into the …

BackgroundThe neuropeptide oxytocin is proposed as a promising therapy for social
dysfunction by modulating amygdala-mediated social-emotional behavior. Although clinical …

Oxytocin plays an important role in social behavior. Thus, there has been significant
research interest for the role of the oxytocin system in several psychiatric disorders, and the …

Building upon animal-model, human preclinical, and clinical findings, we outline a proposal
for the use of oxytocin in the therapeutic neuroenhancement of contemporary romantic …

Pain, particularly chronic pain, remains one of the most debilitating and difficult-to-treat
conditions in medicine. Chronic pain is difficult to treat, in part because it is associated with …

The neuropeptide oxytocin has attracted great attention of the general public, basic
neuroscience researchers, psychologists, and psychiatrists due to its profound pro-social …

Despite the popularity of oxytocin (OT) research for its role in social behavior, the
relationship between the social environment and endogenous central OT remains poorly …

Administration of oxytocin has been proposed as a treatment for the core symptoms of
autism spectrum disorder (ASD), including social-communicative deficit. Previous clinical …

Oxytocin (OT) is a neuropeptide involved in mammalian social behavior. It is currently in
clinical trials for the treatment of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Previous studies in healthy …