Intranasal (IN) administration is a widely used method for examining the effect of oxytocin
(OT) on social behavior and cognition in healthy subjects and psychiatric populations. IN-OT …

Oxytocin (OT) plays a critical role in the formation of long lasting social attachments across a
range of mammalian species. Raising intracerebral OT levels by intranasal administration of …

Intranasal oxytocin exerts wide-ranging effects on socioemotional behavior and is proposed
as a potential therapeutic intervention in psychiatric disorders. However, following intranasal …

Since the discovery that intranasal administration of neuro-peptides can have a direct impact
on the human brain, extant research has been devoted to understanding the effects of …

The intranasal (IN-) administration of substances is attracting attention from scientists as well
as pharmaceutical companies. The effects are surprisingly fast and specific. The present …

The administration of intranasal oxytocin (IN-OT) has demonstrated a wide range of effects
on social behavior and cognition, which has led to its proposed use as a treatment for …

Abstract Purpose of Review This narrative review synthesizes research from the last two
decades on the modulatory role of intranasal OT administration (IN-OT) on social cognition …

Both oxytocin (OT) and vasopressin (AVP) are known to modulate social behavior, and
dysfunction in both systems has been postulated as a potential cause of certain psychiatric …

Oxytocin is a neuropeptide that plays a key role in social processing and there are several
studies suggesting that intranasally administered oxytocin may enhance social cognitive …

The neuropeptide oxytocin plays an evolutionarily conserved role in mammalian social
behavior. Despite striking effects on animal social behavior after intracerebroventricular drug …