Compassion: From its evolution to a psychotherapy

P Gilbert - Frontiers in psychology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The concept, benefits and recommendations for the cultivation of compassion have been
recognized in the contemplative traditions for thousands of years. In the last 30 years or so …

Is oxytocin “nature's medicine”?

CS Carter, WM Kenkel, EL MacLean, SR Wilson… - Pharmacological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Oxytocin is a pleiotropic, peptide hormone with broad implications for general health,
adaptation, development, reproduction, and social behavior. Endogenous oxytocin and …

The oxytocin receptor: from intracellular signaling to behavior

B Jurek, ID Neumann - Physiological reviews, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
The many facets of the oxytocin (OXT) system of the brain and periphery elicited nearly
25,000 publications since 1930 (see, as listed in PubMed), which revealed central roles for …

Social connectedness, mental health and the adolescent brain

M Lamblin, C Murawski, S Whittle, A Fornito - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Social relationships promote health and wellbeing. Brain regions regulating social behavior
continue to develop throughout adolescence, as teens learn to navigate their social …

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 …

Vasopressin and oxytocin receptor systems in the brain: sex differences and sex-specific regulation of social behavior

KM Dumais, AH Veenema - Frontiers in neuroendocrinology, 2016 - Elsevier
The neuropeptides vasopressin (VP) and oxytocin (OT) and their receptors in the brain are
involved in the regulation of various social behaviors and have emerged as drug targets for …

Balance of brain oxytocin and vasopressin: implications for anxiety, depression, and social behaviors

ID Neumann, R Landgraf - Trends in neurosciences, 2012 - cell.com
Oxytocin and vasopressin are regulators of anxiety, stress-coping, and sociality. They are
released within hypothalamic and limbic areas from dendrites, axons, and perikarya …

Oxytocin and vasopressin in the human brain: social neuropeptides for translational medicine

A Meyer-Lindenberg, G Domes, P Kirsch… - Nature Reviews …, 2011 - nature.com
The neuropeptides oxytocin (OXT) and arginine vasopressin (AVP) are evolutionarily highly
conserved mediators in the regulation of complex social cognition and behaviour. Recent …

Oxytocin pathway genes: evolutionary ancient system impacting on human affiliation, sociality, and psychopathology

R Feldman, M Monakhov, M Pratt, RP Ebstein - Biological psychiatry, 2016 - Elsevier
Oxytocin (OT), a nonapeptide signaling molecule originating from an ancestral peptide,
appears in different variants across all vertebrate and several invertebrate species …

Social effects of oxytocin in humans: context and person matter

JA Bartz, J Zaki, N Bolger, KN Ochsner - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2011 - cell.com
Building on animal research, the past decade has witnessed a surge of interest in the effects
of oxytocin on social cognition and prosocial behavior in humans. This work has generated …