There is growing interest in the role of the oxytocin system in social cognition and behavior.
Peripheral oxytocin concentrations are regularly used to approximate central concentrations …

The neuropeptide, oxytocin, receives increasing attention due to its role in stress regulation
and promoting affiliative social behavior. Research across mammals points to a complex …

We addressed the question how long salivary oxytocin levels remain elevated after
intranasal administration, and whether it makes a difference when 16 or 24 IU of oxytocin …

Single measurements of salivary and plasmatic oxytocin are used as indicators of the
physiology of the oxytocin system. However, questions remain about whether they are …

Over the last decade, oxytocin (OT) has received focus in numerous studies associating
intranasal administration of this peptide with various aspects of human social behavior …

Following the discovery that intranasal administration of neuropeptides can reach the central
nervous system, a growing number of studies applied intranasal oxytocin (OT) paradigms to …

Oxytocin (OT) has been implicated in various aspects of social behaviors. During the past
decades there has been a surge of interest in the therapeutic potential of OT in psychiatric …

Reports on the modulatory role of the neuropeptide oxytocin on social cognition and
behavior have steadily increased over the last two decades, stimulating considerable …

There has been unprecedented interest in the prosocial effects of the neuropeptide oxytocin
in humans over the last decade. A range of studies has demonstrated correlations between …

Oxytocin is a neuropeptide involved in a wide variety of social behaviors in diverse species.
Recent research on its effects in humans has generated an arresting picture of its role in the …