Eating disorders continue to be a major public health issue and important cause of morbidity
and premature mortality, particularly for young people. Yet in a concerning dialectic, this …

In recent years ample studies have reported that intranasal administration of the
neuropeptide oxytocin can facilitate social motivation and cognition in healthy and clinical …

Background: Social touch constitutes a key component of human social relationships,
although in some conditions with social dysfunction, such as autism, it can be perceived as …

Animal and human studies have demonstrated that intranasal oxytocin (OT) can penetrate
the brain and induce cognitive, emotional, and behavioral changes, particularly in social …

A key functional effect of intranasal administration of the neuropeptide oxytocin is on top-
down control of social attention. However, an oro-mucosal administration route may be …

Introduction: Oxytocin (OXT) is proposed as a potential therapeutic peptide for social
dysfunction due to its modulatory actions on socioemotional regulation in humans. While the …

Background The neuropeptide oxytocin (OXT) modulates social cognition by increasing
attention to social cues and may have therapeutic potential for impaired social attention in …

Objective To test if AVP has dose-dependent effects on anxiety in men and/or women and if
a particular allele within the RS3 promoter region of the V1a receptor gene is associated …

The role of the hypothalamic neuropeptide oxytocin in influencing the brain and behavior
has been the subject of widespread research over the last few decades due, most notably, to …

Alzheimer's disease is a multi-factorial disease that disrupts many aspects of human
behavior. In this comment, we highlight the work by Koulousakis et al. published in a recent …