The neuropeptide oxytocin enhances information sharing and group decision making quality

TRW De Wilde, FS Ten Velden, CKW De Dreu - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Groups can make better decisions than individuals when members cooperatively exchange
and integrate their uniquely held information and insights. However, under conformity …

Bridging the species gap in translational research for neurodevelopmental disorders

AM Ryan, RF Berman, MD Bauman - Neurobiology of learning and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The prevalence and societal impact of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) continue to
increase despite years of research in both patient populations and animal models. There …

Novel long-acting oxytocin analog with increased efficacy in reducing food intake and body weight

CT Elfers, JE Blevins, TS Salameh, EA Lawson… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Oxytocin (OXT) analogues have been designed to overcome the limitation of the short half-
life of the native OXT peptide. Here, we tested ASK2131 on obesity related outcomes in diet …

Do blood plasma levels of oxytocin moderate the effect of nasally administered oxytocin on social orienting in high-functioning male adults with autism spectrum …

M Althaus, Y Groen, A A. Wijers, H Noltes, O Tucha… - …, 2016 - Springer
Objective The study investigated whether baseline plasma oxytocin (OXT) concentrations
might moderate the effects of nasally administered OXT on social orienting. Methods Thirty …

Sex differences of oxytocin and vasopressin in social behaviors

Q Lu, S Hu - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2021 - Elsevier
The neuropeptides oxytocin (OT) and vasopressin (VP) are known to mediate social
cognition and behaviors in a sex-dependent manner. This chapter reviews the sex …

Marmosets treated with oxytocin are more socially attractive to their long-term mate

J Cavanaugh, MC Huffman, AM Harnisch… - Frontiers in Behavioral …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Adult male-female bonds are partly characterized by initiating and maintaining close
proximity with a social partner, as well as engaging in high levels of affiliative and …

Post-retrieval oxytocin facilitates next day extinction of threat memory in humans

J Hu, Z Wang, X Feng, C Long, D Schiller - Psychopharmacology, 2019 - Springer
Rationale Memories can return to a labile state and become amenable to modification by
pharmacological and behavioral manipulations after retrieval. This process may reduce the …

Does peripherally administered oxytocin enter the brain? Compelling new evidence in a long-running debate

MT Bowen - Pharmacological research, 2019 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Does peripherally administered oxytocin enter the brain? Compelling new evidence in a
long-running debate Does peripherally administered oxytocin enter the brain? Compelling new …

Inequity aversion strategies between marmosets are influenced by partner familiarity and sex but not by oxytocin

AC Mustoe, AM Harnisch, B Hochfelder, J Cavanaugh… - Animal Behaviour, 2016 - Elsevier
Cooperation among individuals depends, in large part, on a sense of fairness. Many
cooperating nonhuman primates show inequity aversion (ie negative responses to unequal …

Validating the use of a commercial enzyme immunoassay to measure oxytocin in unextracted urine and saliva of the western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

A Leeds, PM Dennis, KE Lukas, TS Stoinski, MA Willis… - Primates, 2018 - Springer
The neuroendocrine hormone oxytocin, which is an important physiological driver of social
behavior and bonding, is increasingly being measured in conjunction with behavior to better …