Oxytocin (OXT) is a neuropeptide which has a critical role in human social behaviour and
cognition. Research investigating the role of OXT on functional brain changes in humans …

Oxytocin neurones in the hypothalamus are activated by stressful stimuli and food intake.
The oxytocin receptor is located in various brain regions, including the sensory information …

Could nose-to-brain pathways mediate the effects of peptides such as oxytocin (OT) on brain
physiology when delivered intranasally? We address this question by contrasting two …

Regulation of emotional behavior is essential for human social interactions. Recent work
has exposed its cognitive complexity, as well as its unexpected reliance on portions of the …

The neuropeptide oxytocin is produced in the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus and the
supraoptic nucleus of the hypothalamus. In addition to its extensively studied influence on …

Reaction time (RT) data are often pre-processed before analysis by rejecting outliers and
errors and aggregating the data. In stimulus–response compatibility paradigms such as the …

Introduction: Anxiety disorders are prevalent mental conditions characterized by
exaggerated anxious arousal and threat reactivity. Animal and human studies suggest an …

Social interactions are dynamic, context-dependent, and reciprocal events that influence
prospective strategies and require constant practice and adaptation. This complexity of …

Background The neuropeptide oxytocin can extensively modulate human social behavior
and affective processing, and its effects can be interpreted in terms of mediating approach …

Intranasal oxytocin is attracting attention as a potential treatment for several brain disorders
due to promising preclinical results. However, translating findings to humans has been …