Elevated salivary levels of oxytocin persist more than 7 h after intranasal administration

MH Van IJzendoorn, R Bhandari… - Frontiers in …, 2012 - frontiersin.org
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 …

Martial arts increase oxytocin production

Y Rassovsky, A Harwood, O Zagoory-Sharon… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Numerous studies have demonstrated that oxytocin (OT), a peptide hormone, plays an
important role in regulating mammalian social behaviors, linking it to social affiliation in …

Inhaled oxytocin increases positive social behaviors in newborn macaques

EA Simpson, V Sclafani, A Paukner… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Early caregiver–infant interactions are critical for infants' socioemotional and cognitive
development. Several hormones and neuromodulators, including oxytocin, affect these …

Acute and repeated intranasal oxytocin administration exerts anti-aggressive and pro-affiliative effects in male rats

F Calcagnoli, JC Kreutzmann, SF de Boer… - …, 2015 - Elsevier
Socio-emotional deficits and impulsive/aggressive outbursts are prevalent symptoms of
many neuropsychiatric disorders, and intranasal administration of oxytocin (OXT) is …

Salivary oxytocin in clinically anxious youth: Associations with separation anxiety and family accommodation

ER Lebowitz, JF Leckman, R Feldman… - …, 2016 - Elsevier
Clinical anxiety disorders in youth are common and associated with interpersonal behaviors
including reliance on parents for family accommodation, or changes that parents make to …

Systematic review and meta‐analysis of reported adverse events of long‐term intranasal oxytocin treatment for autism spectrum disorder

Q Cai, L Feng, KZ Yap - Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Recent studies have suggested oxytocin as a possible drug to treat social deficits caused by
autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but the safety of intranasal oxytocin in autistic patients has …

Oxytocin as a biomarker of the formation of therapeutic alliance in psychotherapy and counseling psychology.

S Zilcha-Mano, S Shamay-Tsoory… - Journal of Counseling …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
The therapeutic alliance is one of the most consistent predictors of therapeutic change,
including symptom reduction and improvement in wellbeing and quality of life, across a …

Parent–child interaction and oxytocin production in pre-schoolers with autism spectrum disorder

R Feldman, O Golan… - The British Journal of …, 2014 - cambridge.org
BackgroundAutism spectrum disorder (ASD) is associated with genetic risk on the oxytocin
system, suggesting oxytocin involvement in ASD; yet oxytocin functioning in young children …

The interaction between the oxytocin and pain modulation in headache patients

YL Wang, Y Yuan, J Yang, CH Wang, YJ Pan, L Lu… - Neuropeptides, 2013 - Elsevier
Oxytocin (OXT), a nonapeptide hormone of posterior pituitary, reaches the central nervous
system from systemic blood circulation with a difficulty because of the blood–brain barrier …

[HTML][HTML] Neural systems and hormones mediating attraction to infant and child faces

L Luo, X Ma, X Zheng, W Zhao, L Xu, B Becker… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
We find infant faces highly attractive as a result of specific features which Konrad Lorenz
termed “Kindchenschema” or “baby schema,” and this is considered to be an important …