The many facets of the oxytocin (OXT) system of the brain and periphery elicited nearly
25,000 publications since 1930 (see, as listed in PubMed), which revealed central roles for …

Addiction, the most severe form of substance use disorder, is a chronic brain disorder
molded by strong biosocial factors that has devastating consequences to individuals and to …

Stress is commonly regarded as an important trigger for relapse and a significant factor that
promotes increased motivation to drink in some individuals. However, the relationship …

Oxytocin may have promise as a treatment for neuropsychiatric disorders. Its therapeutic
effect may depend on its ability to enter the brain and bind to the oxytocin receptor. To date …

Oxytocin (OT), a nonapeptide, has a variety of functions. Despite extensive studies on OT
over past decades, our understanding of its neural functions and their regulation remains …

The mesolimbic dopamine (DA) circuitry determines which behaviors are positively
reinforcing and therefore should be encoded in the memory to become a part of the …

Approved pharmacological treatments for alcohol use disorder are limited in their
effectiveness, and new drugs that can easily be translated into the clinic are warranted. One …

Oxytocin neurones in the hypothalamus are activated by stressful stimuli and food intake.
The oxytocin receptor is located in various brain regions, including the sensory information …

Patients who suffer from alcohol use disorders (AUDs) usually go through various socio-
behavioral and pathophysiological changes that take place in the brain and other organs …

Oxytocin administration has been reported to decrease consumption, withdrawal, and drug-
seeking associated with several drugs of abuse and thus represents a promising …