Intranasal oxytocin administration but not peripheral oxytocin regulates behaviors of attachment insecurity: A meta-analysis

K Zhang, Y Fan, R Yu, Y Tian, J Liu, P Gong - Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2021 - Elsevier
In light of the roles of oxytocin (OT) in social bonding and interpersonal relationship, studies
have examined the roles of OT in human attachment, but by and large previous findings are …

The effects of oxytocin on craving, mental health parameters, and stress hormones in methamphetamine-dependent patients undergoing matrix treatment model: a …

A Azadbakht, M Salehi, MR Maracy… - European Addiction …, 2022 - karger.com
Background: Methamphetamine (METH) dependence is an increasing public health
problem with a wide range of mental and physical adverse effects. Recent studies report that …

The role of religion in adolescent mental health: faith as a moderator of the relationship between distrust and depression

DI Tsomokos, RIM Dunbar - Religion, Brain & Behavior, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
It has recently been shown that interpersonal distrust predicts depressive symptoms in
middle adolescence, and this finding has been interpreted in light of Social Safety Theory …

The potential role of oxytocin in addiction: What is the target process?

F Sanna, MA De Luca - Current Opinion in Pharmacology, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Oxytocin attenuates racial categorization in 14-month-old infants

M Ferera, R Feldman, O Zagoory-Sharon… - Infant Behavior and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Intergroup bias–the preferential attitudes one holds towards one's social group–is a
ubiquitous socio-cognitive phenomenon. In fact, studies show that already in the first months …

[HTML][HTML] Intranasal oxytocin in pediatric populations: Exploring the potential for reducing irritability and modulating neural responses: A mini review

K Sorenson, E Kendall, H Grell, M Kang… - Journal of psychiatry …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Endogenous neuropeptide Oxytocin (OXT) plays a crucial role in modulating pro-social
behavior and the neural response to social/emotional stimuli. Intranasal administration is the …

Monitoring the effect of oxytocin on the neural sensitivity to emotional faces via frequency‐tagging EEG: A double‐blind, cross‐over study

S Van der Donck, M Moerkerke, T Dlhosova… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The neuropeptide oxytocin (OXT) is suggested to exert an important role in human social
behaviors by modulating the salience of social cues. To date, however, there is mixed …

Neural and molecular contributions to pathological jealousy and a potential therapeutic role for intranasal oxytocin

X Zheng, KM Kendrick - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Romantic jealousy, especially in its pathological form, is a significant contributor to both
domestic abuse, including partner sexual coercion and even murder, although relatively little …

Oxytocin treatments or activation of the paraventricular nucleus-the shell of nucleus accumbens pathway reduce adverse effects of chronic social defeat stress on …

W Hou, S Huang, L Li, X Guo, Z He, S Shang, Z Jia… - …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chronic social stress can cause psychological disease. Although oxytocin (OT) has been
showed to modulate effects of chronic social defeat stress (CSDS) on emotional and social …

Null results of oxytocin and vasopressin administration on mentalizing in a large fMRI sample: evidence from a randomized controlled trial

MA Straccia, AR Teed, PL Katzman, KM Tan… - Psychological …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Background Although potential links between oxytocin (OT), vasopressin (AVP), and social
cognition are well-grounded theoretically, most studies have included all male samples, and …