An allostatic theory of oxytocin

DS Quintana, AJ Guastella - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2020 - cell.com
Oxytocin has garnered considerable interest for its role in social behavior, as well as for the
potential of intranasal administration to treat social difficulties. However, current theoretical …

Exogenous effects of oxytocin in five psychiatric disorders: a systematic review, meta-analyses and a personalized approach through the lens of the social salience …

L Peled-Avron, A Abu-Akel… - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
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 …

Oxytocin enhances neural approach towards social and non-social stimuli of high personal relevance

K Alaerts, A Taillieu, N Daniels, JR Soriano… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Oxytocin (OT) plays a pivotal role in a variety of complex social behaviors by modulating
approach-avoidance motivational tendencies, but recently, its social specificity has been …

Oxytocin facilitation of emotional empathy is associated with increased eye gaze toward the faces of individuals in emotional contexts

J Le, J Kou, W Zhao, M Fu, Y Zhang, B Becker… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
One of the most robust effects of intranasal oxytocin treatment is its enhancement of
emotional empathy responses across cultures to individuals displaying emotions in realistic …

From oxytocin to compassion: The saliency of distress

B Kucerova, N Levit-Binnun, I Gordon, Y Golland - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Compassion is a warm response of care and concern for those who are
suffering, which drives individuals to devote their resources for the sake of others. A …

Oxytocin biases eye-gaze to dynamic and static social images and the eyes of fearful faces: associations with trait autism

J Le, J Kou, W Zhao, M Fu, Y Zhang, B Becker… - Translational …, 2020 - nature.com
A key functional effect of intranasal oxytocin with potential therapeutic relevance for autism-
spectrum disorder is its reported facilitation of attention towards social stimuli, notably the …

Oro-mucosal administration of oxytocin using medicated lollipops alters social attention, similar to intranasal and lingual routes: Implications for therapeutic use

D Xu, Q Li, Q Zhuang, Y Zhang, S Yao… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
A key functional effect of intranasal administration of the neuropeptide oxytocin is on top-
down control of social attention. However, an oro-mucosal administration route may be …

The role of intranasal oxytocin on social cognition: an integrative human lifespan approach

M Horta, D Pehlivanoglu, NC Ebner - Current behavioral neuroscience …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This narrative review synthesizes research from the last two
decades on the modulatory role of intranasal OT administration (IN-OT) on social cognition …

Effects of intranasal oxytocin and positive couple interaction on immune factors in skin wounds

B Ditzen, C Aguilar-Raab, F Winter… - Brain, Behavior, and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Intimate social relationships improve individual health and longevity, an effect
which is supposed to be mediated through stress-sensitive endocrine and immune …

Oral administration of oxytocin, like intranasal administration, decreases top-down social attention

Q Zhuang, X Zheng, S Yao, W Zhao… - International Journal …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background The neuropeptide oxytocin (OXT) modulates social cognition by increasing
attention to social cues and may have therapeutic potential for impaired social attention in …