In the face of the alarming prevalence of obesity and its associated metabolic impairments, it
is of high basic and clinical interest to reach a complete understanding of the central …

Obesity is a growing health concern, as it increases risk for heart disease, hypertension, type
2 diabetes, cancer, COVID-19 related hospitalizations and mortality. However, current …

Social isolation is a major source of stress and can lead to activation of the hypothalamic-
pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. The presence of a close social partner can reduce the …

Despite the popularity of oxytocin (OT) research for its role in social behavior, the
relationship between the social environment and endogenous central OT remains poorly …

Cooperatively-breeding and socially-monogamous primates, like marmosets and humans,
exhibit high levels of social tolerance and prosociality toward others. Oxytocin (OXT) …

Schizophrenia is a chronic debilitating neuropsychiatric disorder estimated to affect 51
million people worldwide. Several symptom domains characterize schizophrenia, including …

Background/Objective The role of the neuropeptide oxytocin (OT) in Borderline Personality
Disorder (BPD) is poorly understood. It is particularly unknown how early experiences with …

We hypothesize that altered intensities of a few morphogenic pathways account for most/all
the phenotypes of aging. Investigating this has revealed a novel approach to rejuvenate …

Various factors have been attributed to the inconsistent reproducibility of human oxytocin
research in the cognitive and behavioral sciences. These factors include small sample sizes …

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) limits the therapeutic use of large molecules as it prevents
them from passively entering the brain following administration by conventional routes. It …