[HTML][HTML] From autism to eating disorders and more: the role of oxytocin in neuropsychiatric disorders

A Romano, B Tempesta… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Oxytocin (oxy) is a pituitary neuropeptide hormone synthesized from the paraventricular and
supraoptic nuclei within the hypothalamus. Like other neuropeptides, oxy can modulate a …

A brief history of oxytocin and its role in modulating psychostimulant effects

DS Carson, AJ Guastella, ER Taylor… - Journal of …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Over the past century, the polypeptide oxytocin has played an important role in medicine
with major highlights including the identification of its involvement in parturition and the milk …

Nonsocial functions of hypothalamic oxytocin

HP Yang, L Wang, L Han… - International Scholarly …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Oxytocin (OXT) is a hypothalamic neuropeptide composed of nine amino acids. The
functions of OXT cover a variety of social and nonsocial activity/behaviors. Therapeutic …

Targeting the oxytocin system: new pharmacotherapeutic approaches

D Gulliver, E Werry, TA Reekie, TA Katte… - Trends in …, 2019 - cell.com
Deficits in social behavioral domains, such as interpersonal communication, emotion
recognition, and empathy, are a characteristic symptom in several neuropsychiatric …

The role of oxytocin in neuropsychiatric disorders

D Marazziti, MC Dell'Osso - Current medicinal chemistry, 2008 - ingentaconnect.com
Oxytocin (OT) is a neurohypophysial hormone synthesized in the paraventricular and
supraoptic nuclei of the hypothalamus. Although OT-like substances have been identified in …

Oxytocin in the socioemotional brain: implications for psychiatric disorders

P Kirsch - Dialogues in clinical neuroscience, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The neuropeptide oxytocin (OXT), highly conserved during evolution, is an important
modulator of social and emotional processes across many species. During the last decade …

Dopamine and oxytocin interactions underlying behaviors: potential contributions to behavioral disorders

TA Baskerville, AJ Douglas - CNS neuroscience & therapeutics, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Dopamine is an important neuromodulator that exerts widespread effects on the central
nervous system (CNS) function. Disruption in dopaminergic neurotransmission can have …

Oxytocin in health and disease

N Tom, SJ Assinder - The international journal of biochemistry & cell …, 2010 - Elsevier
Oxytocin is a nonapeptide of the neurohypophyseal protein family that binds specifically to
the oxytocin receptor to produce a multitude of central and peripheral physiological …

Oxytocin and autism spectrum disorders

H Yamasue, G Domes - Behavioral Pharmacology of Neuropeptides …, 2018 - Springer
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder whose core symptoms
include deficits in social interaction and communication besides restricted and repetitive …

[HTML][HTML] Brain oxytocin: how puzzle stones from animal studies translate into psychiatry

V Grinevich, ID Neumann - Molecular psychiatry, 2021 - nature.com
The neuropeptide oxytocin has attracted great attention of the general public, basic
neuroscience researchers, psychologists, and psychiatrists due to its profound pro-social …