Roles of oxytocin in stress responses, allostasis and resilience

Y Takayanagi, T Onaka - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
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 …

Discussions and perspectives regarding oxytocin as a biomarker in human investigations

JCC Mera, MAC Molano, CCG López, CA Triana… - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
This article introduces a review of research that has implemented oxytocin measurements in
different fluids such as plasma, cerebrospinal fluid, urine and, mainly, saliva. The main …

Decreased plasma oxytocin levels in patients with PTSD

C Carmassi, D Marazziti, F Mucci… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Although the pathophysiology of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is still
unclear, growing preclinical evidences suggest that oxytocin (OT), a pleiotropic hormone, is …

The science of love: state of the art

D Marazziti, S Palermo, F Mucci - Recent Advances in NGF and Related …, 2021 - Springer
In these last decades, emotions and feelings, neglected for centuries by experimental
sciences, have become the topic of extensive neuroscientific research. Currently, love, the …

Intranasal oxytocin administration but not peripheral oxytocin regulates behaviors of attachment insecurity: A meta-analysis

K Zhang, Y Fan, R Yu, Y Tian, J Liu, P Gong - Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2021 - Elsevier
In light of the roles of oxytocin (OT) in social bonding and interpersonal relationship, studies
have examined the roles of OT in human attachment, but by and large previous findings are …

[HTML][HTML] Neuroenhancement: state of the art and future perspectives

D Marazziti, MT Avella, T Ivaldi, S Palermo… - Clinical …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pharmacological neuroenhancement refers to the non-medical use of prescription drugs,
alcohol, illegal drugs, or the so-called soft enhancers for the purpose of improving cognition …

Intranasal oxytocin drives coordinated social approach

PK Monari, NS Rieger, J Schefelker, CA Marler - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Coordinated responses to challenge are essential to survival for bonded monogamous
animals and may depend on behavioral compatibility. Oxytocin (OT) context-dependently …

Depressive symptoms and health-related quality of life in a heterogeneous psychiatric sample: conditional indirect effects of pain severity and interference

WL Teh, J Liu, P Satghare, E Samari, YM Mok… - BMC psychiatry, 2021 - Springer
Background Few studies have examined clinically relevant mechanisms that underlie the
association between two important indices of recovery—depression severity and health …

Gender-related romantic attachment and serum oxytocin level difference in adult patients with obsessive compulsive disorder

HH Dessoki, MN Sadek, HA Abd Elrassol… - Middle East Current …, 2021 - Springer
Background Given the scarcity of data on gender-related romantic attachment changes and
the potential role of oxytocin (OT) in the pathophysiology of obsessive-compulsive illness …

Effects of childhood maltreatment on the attachment and stress system in mothers

S Krause - 2021 - oparu.uni-ulm.de
Negative early life events like experiences of childhood maltreatment (CM) have been
shown to disturb attachment behavior in mothers and their children, leading to consecutive …