An allostatic theory of oxytocin

DS Quintana, AJ Guastella - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2020 - cell.com
Oxytocin has garnered considerable interest for its role in social behavior, as well as for the
potential of intranasal administration to treat social difficulties. However, current theoretical …

The role of oxytocin in parenting and as augmentative pharmacotherapy: critical issues and bold conjectures

MH van IJzendoorn… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the sometimes heated debate about the validity of human oxytocin studies,
experimental oxytocin research with intranasal administration is a growing field with …

The correlation between central and peripheral oxytocin concentrations: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Valstad, GA Alvares, M Egknud… - Neuroscience & …, 2017 - Elsevier
There is growing interest in the role of the oxytocin system in social cognition and behavior.
Peripheral oxytocin concentrations are regularly used to approximate central concentrations …

Oxytocin, neural plasticity, and social behavior

RC Froemke, LJ Young - Annual Review of Neuroscience, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Oxytocin regulates parturition, lactation, parental nurturing, and many other social behaviors
in both sexes. The circuit mechanisms by which oxytocin modulates social behavior are …

Oxytocin and cooperation under conditions of uncertainty: the modulating role of incentives and social information

CH Declerck, C Boone, T Kiyonari - Hormones and behavior, 2010 - Elsevier
The neuropeptide Oxytocin (OT) has been implicated in many aspects of mammalian social
behavior. This study investigates how OT interacts with two well-studied determinants of …

[HTML][HTML] The role of oxytocin in social bonding, stress regulation and mental health: an update on the moderating effects of context and interindividual differences

M Olff, JL Frijling, LD Kubzansky, B Bradley… - …, 2013 - Elsevier
In this review we summarize the results and conclusions of five studies as presented in a
symposium at the 42nd annual meeting of the International Society for …

Oxytocin modulates hemodynamic responses to monetary incentives in humans

BJ Mickey, J Heffernan, C Heisel, M Peciña, DT Hsu… - …, 2016 - Springer
Rationale Oxytocin is a neuropeptide widely recognized for its role in regulating social and
reproductive behavior. Increasing evidence from animal models suggests that oxytocin also …

[HTML][HTML] Oxytocinergic feedback circuitries: an anatomical basis for neuromodulation of social behaviors

A Lefevre, D Benusiglio, Y Tang, Q Krabichler… - Frontiers in Neural …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Oxytocin (OT) is a neuropeptide produced by hypothalamic neurons and is known to
modulate social behavior among other functions. Several experiments have shown that OT …

Oxytocin changes behavior and spatio-temporal brain dynamics underlying inter-group conflict in humans

B Schiller, G Domes, M Heinrichs - European Neuropsychopharmacology, 2020 - Elsevier
Inter-group conflicts drive human discrimination, mass migration, and violence, but their
psychobiological mechanisms remain largely unknown. Here, we investigated whether the …

Oxytocin and interpersonal relationships

A Patin, D Scheele, R Hurlemann - Behavioral Pharmacology of …, 2018 - Springer
The neuropeptide oxytocin (OT) has emerged as a potent modulator of diverse aspects of
interpersonal relationships. OT appears to work in close interaction with several other …