Research on the neurobiological and behavioral effects of oxytocin (OT), as well as on its
possible therapeutic applications, has intensified in the past decade. Accurate determination …

Oxytocin (Oxt) is a nonapeptide hormone best known for its role in lactation and parturition.
Since 1906 when its uterine-contracting properties were described until 50 years later when …

Louann Brizendine, MD, is a neuropsychiatrist whose professional career has been devoted
to studying the female brain and writing and lecturing to both the public and professionals …

Little is known regarding which hormonal signals may best predict within-and between-
women variance in sexual motivation among naturally cycling women. To address this, we …

BACKGROUND: Oxytocin facilitates parental caregiving and mother–infant bonding and
might be involved in responses to infant crying. Infant crying provides information about the …

Objective: There is increased interest in measuring peripheral oxytocin levels to better
understand the role of this peptide in mammalian behavior, physiology, and disease. The …

Arginine vasopressin (AVP) and oxytocin (OXT) are social hormones and mediate affiliative
behaviors in mammals and as recently demonstrated, also in humans. There is intense …

How contraceptives affect women's sexual well-being is critically understudied. Fortunately,
a growing literature focuses on sexual aspects of contraception, especially hormonal …

The advent of non-invasive functional brain imaging has clarified which regions of the brain
are recruited during sexual arousal. Injuries to those regions, and to the spinal cord and …

Oxytocin (OT) is a nonapeptide with an impressive variety of physiological functions. Among
them, the 'prosocial'effects have been discussed in several recent reviews, but the direct …