Advances in human oxytocin measurement: challenges and proposed solutions

BA Tabak, G Leng, A Szeto, KJ Parker… - Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Oxytocin, a neuropeptide known for its role in reproduction and socioemotional processes,
may hold promise as a therapeutic agent in treating social impairments in patient …

Female type of adult acne: Physiological and psychological considerations and management

B Dreno, E Bagatin, U Blume‐Peytavi… - JDDG: Journal der …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Today we see more cases of acne after adolescence, with a greater prevalence in females
than males. Adult female acne has a distinct clinical presentation and is associated with a …

Cerebrospinal fluid and plasma oxytocin concentrations are positively correlated and negatively predict anxiety in children

DS Carson, SW Berquist, TH Trujillo, JP Garner… - Molecular …, 2015 - nature.com
The neuropeptide oxytocin (OXT) exerts anxiolytic and prosocial effects in the central
nervous system of rodents. A number of recent studies have attempted to translate these …

Synchronous caregiving from birth to adulthood tunes humans' social brain

A Ulmer Yaniv, R Salomon… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Mammalian young are born with immature brain and rely on the mother's body and
caregiving behavior for maturation of neurobiological systems that sustain adult sociality …

Links between the neurobiology of oxytocin and human musicality

AR Harvey - Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The human species possesses two complementary, yet distinct, universal communication
systems—language and music. Functional imaging studies have revealed that some core …

A common oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) polymorphism modulates intranasal oxytocin effects on the neural response to social cooperation in humans

C Feng, A Lori, ID Waldman, EB Binder… - Genes, Brain and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Intranasal oxytocin (OT) can modulate social‐emotional functioning and related brain activity
in humans. Consequently, OT has been discussed as a potential treatment for psychiatric …

A review of oxytocin and arginine-vasopressin receptors and their modulation of autism spectrum disorder

I Cataldo, A Azhari, G Esposito - Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Oxytocin (OXT) and arginine-vasopressin (AVP) play a key regulatory part in social and
affiliative behaviors; two aspects highly compromised in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) …

Aggressive behavior in humans: Genes and pathways identified through association studies

N Fernàndez‐Castillo… - American Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aggressive behavior has both genetic and environmental components. Many association
studies have been performed to identify genetic factors underlying aggressive behaviors in …

Effects of oxytocin administration on spirituality and emotional responses to meditation

P Van Cappellen, BM Way, SF Isgett… - Social Cognitive and …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The oxytocin (OT) system, critically involved in social bonding, may also impinge on
spirituality, which is the belief in a meaningful life imbued with a sense of connection to a …

Genetic modulation of oxytocin sensitivity: a pharmacogenetic approach

FS Chen, R Kumsta, F Dvorak, G Domes… - Translational …, 2015 - nature.com
Intranasal administration of the neuropeptide oxytocin has been shown to influence a range
of complex social cognitions and social behaviors, and it holds therapeutic potential for the …