[HTML][HTML] Intranasal drug delivery: Opportunities and toxicologic challenges during drug development

LA Keller, O Merkel, A Popp - Drug delivery and translational research, 2021 - Springer
Over the past 10 years, the interest in intranasal drug delivery in pharmaceutical R&D has
increased. This review article summarises information on intranasal administration for local …

Is oxytocin “nature's medicine”?

CS Carter, WM Kenkel, EL MacLean, SR Wilson… - Pharmacological …, 2020 - ASPET
Oxytocin is a pleiotropic, peptide hormone with broad implications for general health,
adaptation, development, reproduction, and social behavior. Endogenous oxytocin and …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in human oxytocin measurement: challenges and proposed solutions

BA Tabak, G Leng, A Szeto, KJ Parker… - Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Oxytocin, a neuropeptide known for its role in reproduction and socioemotional processes,
may hold promise as a therapeutic agent in treating social impairments in patient …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in the field of intranasal oxytocin research: lessons learned and future directions for clinical research

DS Quintana, A Lischke, S Grace, D Scheele… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Reports on the modulatory role of the neuropeptide oxytocin on social cognition and
behavior have steadily increased over the last two decades, stimulating considerable …

Oxytocin and the neurobiology of prosocial behavior

N Marsh, AA Marsh, MR Lee… - The …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Humans are an unusually prosocial species, who engage in social behaviors that include
altruism—whereby an individual engages in costly or risky acts to improve the welfare of …

Salivary and plasmatic oxytocin are not reliable trait markers of the physiology of the oxytocin system in humans

D Martins, AS Gabay, M Mehta, Y Paloyelis - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Single measurements of salivary and plasmatic oxytocin are used as indicators of the
physiology of the oxytocin system. However, questions remain about whether they are …

Oxytocin—a social peptide? Deconstructing the evidence

G Leng, RI Leng, M Ludwig - … Transactions of the …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In this paper, we analyse the claim that oxytocin is a 'social neuropeptide'. This claim
originated from evidence that oxytocin was instrumental in the initiation of maternal …

Infrequent intranasal oxytocin followed by positive social interaction improves symptoms in autistic children: a pilot randomized clinical trial

J Le, L Zhang, W Zhao, S Zhu, C Lan, J Kou… - Psychotherapy and …, 2022 - karger.com
Introduction: There are currently no approved drug interventions for social behavior
dysfunction in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Previous trials investigating effects of daily …

What's Love Got to do with it: Role of oxytocin in trauma, attachment and resilience

SR Sharma, X Gonda, P Dome, FI Tarazi - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2020 - Elsevier
Oxytocin (OT) is a neurohypophysial hormone and neuropeptide produced by the
hypothalamus and released by the pituitary gland. It has multiple physiological roles …

[HTML][HTML] Nasal oxytocin for the treatment of psychiatric disorders and pain: achieving meaningful brain concentrations

DC Yeomans, LR Hanson, DS Carson… - Translational …, 2021 - nature.com
There is evidence of the therapeutic potential of intranasal oxytocin for the treatment of pain
and various psychiatric disorders, however, there is scant evidence that oxytocin reaches …