Is oxytocin “nature's medicine”?

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

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 pathways and the evolution of human behavior

CS Carter - Annual review of psychology, 2014 - annualreviews.org
This review examines the hypothesis that oxytocin pathways—which include the
neuropeptide oxytocin, the related peptide vasopressin, and their receptors—are at the …

Increase in oxytocin from skin-to-skin contact enhances development of parent–infant relationship

D Vittner, J McGrath, JA Robinson… - … research for nursing, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: To examine changes that occur in infant and parent salivary oxytocin (OT) and
salivary cortisol (SC) levels during skin-to-skin contact (SSC) and whether SSC alleviates …

[HTML][HTML] Oxytocin and early parent-infant interactions: A systematic review

N Scatliffe, S Casavant, D Vittner, X Cong - International journal of nursing …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objectives Social relationships throughout lifespan are critical for health and wellbeing.
Oxytocin, often called the 'hormone of attachment'has been suggested as playing an …

Problems with measuring peripheral oxytocin: can the data on oxytocin and human behavior be trusted?

ME McCullough, PS Churchland, AJ Mendez - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
Research on the neurobiological and behavioral effects of oxytocin (OT), as well as on its
possible therapeutic applications, has intensified in the past decade. Accurate determination …

The origins of altruism in offspring care.

SD Preston - Psychological bulletin, 2013 - psycnet.apa.org
The current review aims to unify existing views of altruism through an examination of the
biological bases of a fundamental form of giving: altruistic responding. Altruistic responding …

Oxytocin, vasopressin, and human social behavior

M Heinrichs, B von Dawans, G Domes - Frontiers in neuroendocrinology, 2009 - Elsevier
There is substantial evidence from animal research indicating a key role of the
neuropeptides oxytocin (OT) and arginine vasopressin (AVP) in the regulation of complex …

Natural variations in maternal and paternal care are associated with systematic changes in oxytocin following parent–infant contact

R Feldman, I Gordon, I Schneiderman… - …, 2010 - Elsevier
Animal studies have demonstrated that the neuropeptide oxytocin (OT) plays a critical role in
processes of parent–infant bonding through mechanisms of early parental care, particularly …

Oxytocin and the neurobiology of prosocial behavior

N Marsh, AA Marsh, MR Lee… - The …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Humans are an unusually prosocial species, who engage in social behaviors that include
altruism—whereby an individual engages in costly or risky acts to improve the welfare of …