Low intensity, non-noxious, stimulation of cutaneous somatosensory nerves has been
shown to trigger oxytocin release and is associated with increased social motivation, plus …

Is oxytocin the hormone of happiness? Probably not. However, this small nine amino acid
peptide is involved in a wide variety of physiological and pathological functions such as …

Objectives: A review of the literature was conducted to assess the association between
oxytocin (OT) and pain. Methods: PsychInfo, PubMed, and Medline (EBSCO) research …

Oxytocin (oxy) is a pituitary neuropeptide hormone synthesized from the paraventricular and
supraoptic nuclei within the hypothalamus. Like other neuropeptides, oxy can modulate a …

Oxytocin is involved in pain transmission, although the detailed mechanism is not fully
understood. Here, we generate a transgenic rat line that expresses human muscarinic …

Neuropathic pain has been described as the “most terrible of all tortures which a nerve
wound may inflict” and arises as a consequence of nerve injury either of the peripheral or …

Originally confined to the initiation of parturition and milk ejection after birth, the
hypothalamic nonapeptide oxytocin (OT) is now recognized as a critical determinant of …

Accumulating evidence has shown the neuroactive properties of oxytocin (OT), a
neurohypophyseal neuropeptide, and its ability to reduce the abuse potential of drugs. The …

Background: Recent evidence suggests that oxytocin (OT), secreted in the superficial spinal
cord dorsal horn by descending axons of paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus (PVN) …

Oxytocin (OT) and arginine vasopressin (AVP) are 2 neuropeptides that display well-known
effects on the reproductive system. Although still controversial, oxytocin and vasopressin …