Migraine is ranked as the second highest cause of disability worldwide and the first among
women aged 15–49 years. Overall, the incidence of migraine is threefold higher among …

Oxytocin (OT) and arginine-vasopressin (AVP) act in the brain to regulate social
cognition/social behavior and in the periphery to influence a variety of physiological …

Introduction The trigeminal ganglion is unique among the somatosensory ganglia regarding
its topography, structure, composition and possibly some functional properties of its cellular …

The trigeminal ganglion with its three trigeminal nerve tracts consists mainly of clusters of
sensory neurons with their peripheral and central processes. Most neurons are surrounded …

The neuropeptide oxytocin (OT) attracts the interest of neuroscientists, psychologists, and
psychiatrists due to its capacity to modulate emotional and social behavior. Although much …

Trigeminal nerve injury is one of the causes of chronic orofacial pain. Patients suffering from
this condition have a significantly reduced quality of life. The currently available …

Oxytocin is involved in pain transmission, although the detailed mechanism is not fully
understood. Here, we generate a transgenic rat line that expresses human muscarinic …

Objective: Oxytocin (OT) is synthesized within the paraventricular nucleus and supraoptic
nucleus of the hypothalamus. In addition to its role in uterine contraction, OT plays an …

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 …

This article reviews material presented at the 2016 Scottsdale Headache Symposium. This
presentation provided scientific results and rationale for the use of intranasal oxytocin for the …