Objective Intranasal oxytocin has been shown to affect human social and emotional
processing, but its potential to affect pain remains elusive. This randomized, placebo …

Rationale There has been an explosion of research on the potential benefits of the social
neuropeptide oxytocin for a number of mental disorders including substance use disorders …

Objectives: A review of the literature was conducted to assess the association between
oxytocin (OT) and pain. Methods: PsychInfo, PubMed, and Medline (EBSCO) research …

Previous studies reveal that oxytocin (OT) encourages prosocial behavior in humans;
however, animal studies and recent work in humans suggest that OT may also play a role in …

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 …

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 …

We addressed the question how long salivary oxytocin levels remain elevated after
intranasal administration, and whether it makes a difference when 16 or 24 IU of oxytocin …

The hormone oxytocin has been hypothesized to influence the emotional dimension of pain.
This randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, crossover study explored whether …

In an acute environment pain has potential protective benefits. However when pain
becomes chronic this protective effect is lost and the pain becomes an encumbrance …

Background: Preclinical data suggest that oxytocin reduces hypersensitivity by actions in the
spinal cord, but whether it produces antinociception to acute stimuli is unclear. In this article …