There is growing interest in using intranasal oxytocin (OT) to treat social dysfunction in
schizophrenia and bipolar disorders (ie, psychotic disorders). While OT treatment results …

Oxytocin (OT), a neuropeptide involved in affiliation has been shown to enhance social skills
in patients with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Nevertheless, OT improvements seem …

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a prevalent and severe mental disorder with affect
dysregulation, impulsivity, and interpersonal dysfunction as its core features. Up to now, six …

While separation from significant social partners produces a host of neurobiological and
behavioral perturbations, including behavioral distress and increased glucocorticoid …

Oxytocin plays important roles in the social and emotional behaviors of mammals. In the
present study, we examined the effects of intraperitoneal (IP) and intracerebroventricular …

Studying the neural and hormonal changes that modulate behavior is critical to
understanding social relationships. Of particular interest is measuring oxytocin (OT) and …

Rationale Most studies evaluating the safety and tolerability of intranasal oxytocin (OT) have
not reported consistent adverse events (AEs), but they have largely focused on young men …

Social impairments in autism remain poorly understood and without approved
pharmacotherapies. Novel animals models are needed to elucidate mechanisms and …

Despite the sometimes heated debate about the validity of human oxytocin studies,
experimental oxytocin research with intranasal administration is a growing field with …

Prosociality is related to numerous positive outcomes, and mechanisms underlying
individual differences in prosociality have been widely discussed. Recently, research has …