The neuropeptide oxytocin (OXT), highly conserved during evolution, is an important
modulator of social and emotional processes across many species. During the last decade …

J. Neurochem.(2011) 119, 324–331. Abstract Both oxytocin and oxytocin receptors are
implicated in neuropsychiatric disorders, particularly autism which involves a severe deficit …

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 …

Drug use typically occurs within a social context, and social factors play an important role in
the initiation, maintenance and recovery from addictions. There is now accumulating …

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 neuropeptide oxytocin has become a subject of great interest in studies investigating
human social cognition. Single intranasal administration of the hormone has been reported …

Emotional experience involves an integrated interplay between processing of external
emotional cues and interoceptive feedback, and this is impaired in a number of emotional …

The neuropeptide oxytocin has emerged as a promising pharmacotherapy for
methamphetamine (METH) addiction, and clinical trials of intranasal oxytocin are underway …

The nonapeptide oxytocin is considered beneficial to mental health due to its anxiolytic,
prosocial and antistress effects, but evidence for anxiogenic actions of oxytocin in humans …

The neuropeptide oxytocin may be an effective therapeutic strategy for the currently
untreatable social and communication deficits associated with autism. Our recent paper …