Oxytocin has been revealed to work for anxiety suppression and anti-stress as well as for
psychosocial behavior and reproductive functions. Oxytocin neurons are activated by …

Oxytocin (OT), a nonapeptide, has a variety of functions. Despite extensive studies on OT
over past decades, our understanding of its neural functions and their regulation remains …

Alcohol dependence is a chronically relapsing disorder characterized by compulsive drug-
seeking and drug-taking, loss of control in limiting intake, and the emergence of a …

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 …

The role of the hippocampus in social memory and behavior is under intense investigation.
Oxytocin (Oxt) and vasopressin (Avp) are two neuropeptides with many central actions …

Oxytocin administration has been reported to decrease consumption, withdrawal, and drug-
seeking associated with several drugs of abuse and thus represents a promising …

The neuropeptide oxytocin (OXT) plays a key role in adaptive processes associated with
reward, tolerance, memory and stress responses. Through interactions with brain reward …

Interest for the use of oxytocin as a treatment for addiction began over 40 years ago. Better
known for its roles in parturition, lactation and pair bonding, oxytocin also has anxiolytic …

The neuropeptide oxytocin has emerged as a promising pharmacotherapy for
methamphetamine (METH) addiction, and clinical trials of intranasal oxytocin are underway …

Despite the high prevalence of aggression across a wide range of disorders, there is a
severe lack of pharmacological treatments. Recent rodent studies have shown both centrally …