Background The neuropeptide oxytocin (OT) has been shown to play a role in variety of
cognitive and social processes and different hypotheses have been put forth to explain OT's …

Oxytocin (OT) is one of the most intensively researched neuropeptides during the three past
decades. In benign social contexts, OT exerts a range of desirable socioemotional, stress …

Abstract Purpose of Review Oxytocin plays many diverse roles in physiological and
behavioral processes, including social activity, parental nurturing, stress responses, and …

Background Leveraging military veterans' intimate relationships during treatment has the
potential to concurrently improve posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and …

Exposure to isolation can lead to the development of social anxiety disorder (SAD), which
affects 13% of Americans. There are sex differences in the prevalence of anxiety disorders …

The hypothalamic peptide oxytocin has been increasingly recognized as a hormone and
neurotransmitter with important effects on energy intake, metabolism, and body weight and …

While aging is associated with social-cognitive change and oxytocin plays a crucial role in
social cognition, oxytocin's effects on the social brain in older age remain understudied. To …

Introduction Human and nonhuman animal research suggests that greater oxytocin (OT)
activity is protective against harmful substance use. Most research on this topic is preclinical …

While the etiology of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is still largely unknown, there is
mounting evidence that epigenetic mechanisms are partially responsible for the clinical …

Primary monkey brain capillary endothelial cell cultures, with rat pericytes and astrocytes,
provide an assay system for predicting the ability of oxytocin (OT) to cross the blood–brain …