Is oxytocin “nature's medicine”?
Oxytocin is a pleiotropic, peptide hormone with broad implications for general health,
adaptation, development, reproduction, and social behavior. Endogenous oxytocin and …
adaptation, development, reproduction, and social behavior. Endogenous oxytocin and …
Sex differences, gender and addiction
JB Becker, ML McClellan… - Journal of neuroscience …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This review discusses alcohol and other forms of drug addiction as both a sociocultural and
biological phenomenon. Sex differences and gender are not solely determined by biology …
biological phenomenon. Sex differences and gender are not solely determined by biology …
What is resilience: an affiliative neuroscience approach
R Feldman - World psychiatry, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Resilience–a key topic in clinical science and practice–still lacks a clear conceptualization
that integrates its evolutionary and human‐specific features, refrains from exclusive focus on …
that integrates its evolutionary and human‐specific features, refrains from exclusive focus on …
The neuroendocrinology of the microbiota-gut-brain axis: a behavioural perspective
The human gut harbours trillions of symbiotic bacteria that play a key role in programming
different aspects of host physiology in health and disease. These intestinal microbes are …
different aspects of host physiology in health and disease. These intestinal microbes are …
The etiologic, theory-based, ontogenetic hierarchical framework of alcohol use disorder: A translational systematic review of reviews.
Abstract Modern nosologies (eg, International Classification of Diseases, 11th edition [ICD-
11], Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition [DSM–5]) for alcohol …
11], Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition [DSM–5]) for alcohol …
Developmental programming of oxytocin through variation in early-life stress: Four meta-analyses and a theoretical reinterpretation
Despite evidence supporting a role for oxytocin (OT) in regulating social behavior,
surprisingly little is known about how this neuropeptide is calibrated during development …
surprisingly little is known about how this neuropeptide is calibrated during development …
Oxytocin, testosterone, and human social cognition
BJ Crespi - Biological reviews, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT I describe an integrative social‐evolutionary model for the adaptive significance
of the human oxytocinergic system. The model is based on a role for this hormone in the …
of the human oxytocinergic system. The model is based on a role for this hormone in the …
Why social attachment and oxytocin protect against addiction and stress: insights from the dynamics between ventral and dorsal corticostriatal systems
The present article advances a neurobiological model of the reciprocal associations
between social attachment and drug abuse, and social attachment and chronic stress, as …
between social attachment and drug abuse, and social attachment and chronic stress, as …
Age and sex differences in oxytocin and vasopressin V1a receptor binding densities in the rat brain: focus on the social decision-making network
Oxytocin (OT) and vasopressin (AVP) regulate various social behaviors via activation of the
OT receptor (OTR) and the AVP V1a receptor (V1aR) in the brain. Social behavior often …
OT receptor (OTR) and the AVP V1a receptor (V1aR) in the brain. Social behavior often …
Oxytocin receptors are expressed on dopamine and glutamate neurons in the mouse ventral tegmental area that project to nucleus accumbens and other mesolimbic …
J Peris, K MacFadyen, JA Smith… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
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 …
reinforcing and therefore should be encoded in the memory to become a part of the …