Rationale Female cigarette smokers tend to show greater cessation failure compared with
males. Variables that contribute to the maintenance of smoking, including stress and …

Anxiety is believed to influence ethanol use human in alcoholics. Studies using laboratory
animals suggested an interaction between oxytocin and the behavioral effects of ethanol …

Indirect measures of cognition have become an important tool in research on addiction. To
date, however, no research has examined whether indirect measures of parent attachment …

The neurohormone oxytocin (OT) has been proposed as a treatment for alcohol and nicotine
use disorders. The aim of the present study was to examine whether intravenous (IV) OT …

Preclinical and clinical evidence suggests that exogenous administration of oxytocin (OT)
may hold promise as a therapeutic strategy for reducing heavy alcohol drinking. However, it …

Oxytocin regulates a variety of centrally-mediated functions, ranging from socio-sexual
behavior, maternal care, and affiliation to fear, stress, anxiety. In the past years, both clinical …

The initial enthusiasm towards oxytocin (OXT) as a potential treatment for alcohol use
disorder has been recently tempered by recognizing existing gaps in literature and the …

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a severe illness, for which we lack sufficient mechanistic
understanding. Preliminary evidence associates AUD with the oxytocin (OXT) system. Here …

The neuropeptide oxytocin has been associated with food intake and feeding behaviour.
This systematic review aimed to investigate the impact of oxytocin on dietary intake and …

The impact of environmental enrichment (EE) on natural rewards, including social and
appetitive rewards, was investigated in male Swiss mice. EE, known for providing animals …