Oxytocin is a pituitary neuropeptide that affects social behaviour. Single nucleotide
polymorphisms (SNPs) in the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) have been shown to explain …

Oxytocin is a neuropeptide known to influence social and cognitive processing across
several mammalian species. There currently exists a mixed and controversial pattern of …

Background and Aim Recent studies in patients with anorexia nervosa suggest that oxytocin
may be involved in the pathophysiology of anorexia nervosa. We examined whether there …

Through unbiased transcriptomics and multiple molecular tools, transient downregulation of
the Orthodenticle homeobox 2 (OTX2) gene was recently causatively associated with the …

Theory of mind, the ability to represent the mental states of others, is an important social
cognitive process, which contributes to the development of social competence. Recent …

Oxytocin is a neuropeptide involved in animal and human reproductive and social behavior.
Three oxytocin signaling genes have been frequently implicated in human social behavior …

Background: To understand the genetic underpinnings of emotion, researchers have studied
genetic variants in the oxytocin system, a hormone and neurotransmitter important to socio …

Background Oxytocin has received much attention as a prosocial and anxiolytic
neuropeptide. In human studies, the G-allele of a common variant (rs53576) in the oxytocin …

Background It is assumed that the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) is associated with factors
that are related to features of reproduction as well as the currently emerging fields of mood …

Across species, the neuropeptide oxytocin has been associated with affiliative and social
approach behavior. It has been suggested to exert its effects by modulating neural circuitry …