There is growing interest in the use of oxytocin (OT) as a potential treatment for alcohol and
other substance-use disorders. OT is a neuropeptide that modulates adaptive processes …

Drugs that act on the brain oxytocin (OXT) system may provide a much-needed treatment
breakthrough for substance-use disorders. Targeting the brain OXT system has the potential …

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

The neuropeptide oxytocin plays a role in reward, stress, social affiliation, learning, and
memory processes. As such, there is increasing interest in oxytocin as a potential treatment …

Early life adversity can set the trajectory for later psychiatric disorders, including substance
use disorders. There are a host of neurobiological factors that may play a role in the …

Background Intranasal oxytocin (OT) has been shown to improve social communication
functioning of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and, thus, has received …

Drug addiction is one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide. Despite great advances
were achieved in understanding the neurobiology of drug addiction, the therapeutic options …

Environmental conditions, such as stress and environmental enrichment (EE), influence
predisposition to alcohol use/abuse; however, the underlying mechanisms remain unknown …

Opioid addiction has devastating health and socio‐economic consequences, and current
pharmacotherapy is limited and often accompanied by side effects, thus novel treatment is …

The posterior pituitary gland secretes oxytocin and vasopressin (the antidiuretic hormone)
into the blood system. Oxytocin is required for normal delivery of the young and for delivery …