Anxiety and depression are highly prevalent psychiatric disorders, affecting approximately
18% of the United States population. Evidence indicates that central oxytocin mediates …

The neuropeptide oxytocin (OXT) plays an important role in complex socio-affective
behaviours such as affiliation, attachment, stress and anxiety. Previous studies have focused …

Background Evidence accumulates that the neuropeptide oxytocin plays an important role in
mediating social interaction among humans and that a dysfunction in oxytocin-modulated …

Oxytocin (OT), a hypothalamic neuropeptide involved in regulating the social behaviour of
all vertebrates, has been proposed as a treatment for a number of neuropsychiatric …

The neuropeptides oxytocin (OT) and arginine vasopressin (AVP) influence social functions
in many mammals. In humans and rhesus macaques, OT delivered intranasally can promote …

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 …

Oxytocin plays important roles in reproductive physiology and various behaviors, including
maternal behavior and social memory. Its receptor (Oxtr) is present in peripheral tissues and …

In humans, the neuropeptide oxytocin plays a critical role in social and emotional behavior.
The actions of this molecule are dependent on a protein that acts as its receptor, which is …

Compared to results from a generation of neuropharmacological work, the phenotype of
mice lacking the oxytocin (OT) peptide gene was remarkably normal. An important …

Oxytocin (Oxt) neurons regulate diverse physiological responses via direct connections with
different neural circuits. However, the lack of comprehensive input-output wiring diagrams of …