Oxytocin and the Neurobiology of Prosocial Behavior

Effects of route of administration on oxytocin-induced changes in regional cerebral blood flow in humans

(2020) D. A. Martins et al.   Nature Communications

Common and dissociable effects of oxytocin and lorazepam on the neurocircuitry of fear

(2020) Ann-Kathrin Kreuder et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Brain oxytocin: how puzzle stones from animal studies translate into psychiatry

(2020) Valery Grinevich et al.   MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY

Exogenous effects of oxytocin in five psychiatric disorders: a systematic review, meta-analyses and a personalized approach through the lens of the social salience hypothesis

(2020) Leehe Peled-Avron et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Labeled oxytocin administered via the intranasal route reaches the brain in rhesus macaques

(2020) M. R. Lee et al.   Nature Communications

A registered replication study on oxytocin and trust

(2020) Carolyn H. Declerck et al.   Nature Human Behaviour

De novo protein synthesis mediated by the eukaryotic elongation factor 2 (eEF2) is required for the anxiolytic effect of oxytocin

(2019) Stefanie Martinetz et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Oxytocin Facilitates Social Learning by Promoting Conformity to Trusted Individuals

(2019) Lei Xu et al.   Frontiers in Neuroscience

Oxytocin pathway gene networks in the human brain

(2019) Daniel S. Quintana et al.   Nature Communications

Chemogenetic activation of oxytocin neurons: temporal dynamics, hormonal release, and behavioral consequences

(2019) Thomas Grund et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Decreased Serum Oxytocin and Increased Homocysteine in First-Episode Schizophrenia Patients

(2019) Yong Liu et al.   Frontiers in Psychiatry

Oxytocin Facilitates Self-Serving Rather Than Altruistic Tendencies in Competitive Social Interactions Via Orbitofrontal Cortex

(2019) Xiaolei Xu et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

CD38, CD157, and RAGE as Molecular Determinants for Social Behavior

(2019) Haruhiro Higashida et al.   Cells

Oxytocin- and arginine vasopressin-containing fibers in the cortex of humans, chimpanzees, and rhesus macaques

(2018) Christina N. Rogers et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY

The role of oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) DNA methylation (DNAm) in human social and emotional functioning: a systematic narrative review

(2018) Catherine Maud et al.   BMC Psychiatry

High-yielding 18F radiosynthesis of a novel oxytocin receptor tracer, a probe for nose-to-brain oxytocin uptake in vivo

(2018) Rhiannon Beard et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Oxytocin reduces a chemosensory-induced stress bias in social perception

(2018) Ayline Maier et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

The neural mechanisms and circuitry of the pair bond

(2018) Hasse Walum et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Epigenetic variability in the human oxytocin receptor (OXTR) gene: A possible pathway from early life experiences to psychopathologies

(2018) Eline J. Kraaijenvanger et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Targeting the Oxytocin System: New Pharmacotherapeutic Approaches

(2018) Damien Gulliver et al.   TRENDS IN PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Nanoparticle encapsulation increases the brain penetrance and duration of action of intranasal oxytocin

(2018) Aboagyewaah Oppong-Damoah et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Oxytocin promotes attention to social cues regardless of group membership

(2017) Michaela Pfundmair et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Facial emotion recognition and eye movement behaviour in conduct disorder

(2017) N.A. Martin-Key et al.   JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY

Oxytocin by intranasal and intravenous routes reaches the cerebrospinal fluid in rhesus macaques: determination using a novel oxytocin assay

(2017) M R Lee et al.   MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY

Oxytocin increases attention to the eyes and selectively enhances self-reported affective empathy for fear

(2017) Kelly Hubble et al.   NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA

Meta-analysis of the effects of intranasal oxytocin on interpretation and expression of emotions

(2017) Jenni Leppanen et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Oxytocin effects in schizophrenia: Reconciling mixed findings and moving forward

(2017) Ellen R. Bradley et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Intranasal oxytocin treatment for social deficits and biomarkers of response in children with autism

(2017) Karen J. Parker et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Oxytocin-enforced norm compliance reduces xenophobic outgroup rejection

(2017) Nina Marsh et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Pup exposure facilitates retrieving behavior via the oxytocin neural system in female mice

(2017) Shota Okabe et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

A matter of distance—The effect of oxytocin on social discounting is empathy-dependent

(2017) Sabrina Strang et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Effects of intranasal oxytocin on symptoms of schizophrenia: A multivariate Bayesian meta-analysis

(2017) Donald R. Williams et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Deciphering the modulatory role of oxytocin in human altruism

(2017) René Hurlemann et al.   REVIEWS IN THE NEUROSCIENCES

The Action Radius of Oxytocin Release in the Mammalian CNS: From Single Vesicles to Behavior

(2017) Bice Chini et al.   TRENDS IN PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Intestinal transepithelial permeability of oxytocin into the blood is dependent on the receptor for advanced glycation end products in mice

(2017) Haruhiro Higashida et al.   Scientific Reports

Translating Oxytocin Neuroscience to the Clinic: A National Institute of Mental Health Perspective

(2016) Thomas R. Insel   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Oxytocin Conditions Intergroup Relations Through Upregulated In-Group Empathy, Cooperation, Conformity, and Defense

(2016) Carsten K.W. De Dreu et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Dissecting the Role of Oxytocin in the Formation and Loss of Social Relationships

(2016) René Hurlemann et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Oxytocin Pathway Genes: Evolutionary Ancient System Impacting on Human Affiliation, Sociality, and Psychopathology

(2016) Ruth Feldman et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Statistical and Methodological Considerations for the Interpretation of Intranasal Oxytocin Studies

(2016) Hasse Walum et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Intranasal Oxytocin: Myths and Delusions

(2016) Gareth Leng et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Psychopathic traits affect the visual exploration of facial expressions

(2016) Sabrina Boll et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Intranasal administration of oxytocin increases human aggressive behavior

(2016) R. Ne'eman et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Is there a Publication Bias in Behavioural Intranasal Oxytocin Research on Humans? Opening the File Drawer of One Laboratory

(2016) A. Lane et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Oxytocin-Augmented Psychotherapy: Beware of Context

(2016) René Hurlemann   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Adolescents growing up amidst intractable conflict attenuate brain response to pain of outgroup

(2016) Jonathan Levy et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Oxytocin, the peptide that bonds the sexes also divides them

(2016) Shan Gao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The brains functional network architecture reveals human motives

(2016) G. Hein et al.   SCIENCE

Oxytocin-dependent consolation behavior in rodents

(2016) J. P. Burkett et al.   SCIENCE

Oxytocin Facilitates the Extinction of Conditioned Fear in Humans

(2015) Monika Eckstein et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Salivary oxytocin in adolescents with conduct problems and callous-unemotional traits

(2015) Tomer Levy et al.   EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY

The Neuropeptide Oxytocin Induces a Social Altruism Bias

(2015) Nina Marsh et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Understanding amygdala responsiveness to fearful expressions through the lens of psychopathy and altruism

(2015) Abigail A. Marsh   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH

The effect of oxytocin nasal spray on social interaction deficits observed in young children with autism: a randomized clinical crossover trial

(2015) C J Yatawara et al.   MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY

Oxytocin reduces neural activity in the pain circuitry when seeing pain in others

(2015) Peter A. Bos et al.   NEUROIMAGE

Oxytocin Facilitates Pavlovian Fear Learning in Males

(2015) Monika Eckstein et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Oxytocin modulates fMRI responses to facial expression in macaques

(2015) Ning Liu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Oxytocin improves mentalizing – Pronounced effects for individuals with attenuated ability to empathize

(2015) Melanie Feeser et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Oxytocin enhances implicit social conformity to both in-group and out-group opinions

(2015) Yi Huang et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Does oxytocin affect mind-reading? A replication study

(2015) Sina Radke et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Salivary oxytocin concentrations in response to running, sexual self-stimulation, breastfeeding and the TSST: The Regensburg Oxytocin Challenge (ROC) study

(2015) Trynke R. de Jong et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Can oxytocin treat autism?

(2015) L. J. Young et al.   SCIENCE

RNAi knockdown of oxytocin receptor in the nucleus accumbens inhibits social attachment and parental care in monogamous female prairie voles

(2015) Alaine C. Keebaugh et al.   Social Neuroscience

Intranasal oxytocin in the treatment of autism spectrum disorders: A review of literature and early safety and efficacy data in youth

(2014) Evdokia Anagnostou et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

Parent–child interaction and oxytocin production in pre-schoolers with autism spectrum disorder

(2014) Ruth Feldman et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY

Inverted Social Reward: Associations between Psychopathic Traits and Self-Report and Experimental Measures of Social Reward

(2014) Lucy Foulkes et al.   PLoS One

Neural and cognitive characteristics of extraordinary altruists

(2014) Abigail A. Marsh et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Differential neural responses to child and sexual stimuli in human fathers and non-fathers and their hormonal correlates

(2014) Jennifer S. Mascaro et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

The neuroanatomical distribution of oxytocin receptor binding and mRNA in the male rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta)

(2014) Sara M. Freeman et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

The biology of mammalian parenting and its effect on offspring social development

(2014) J. K. Rilling et al.   SCIENCE

Oxytocin increases empathy to pain when adopting the other- but not the self-perspective

(2014) Ahmad Abu-Akel et al.   Social Neuroscience

Oxytocin facilitates social approach behavior in women

(2014) Katrin Preckel et al.   Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Callous-unemotional traits in children and mechanisms of impaired eye contact during expressions of love: a treatment target?

(2013) Mark R. Dadds et al.   JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY

Concepts and implications of altruism bias and pathological altruism

(2013) B. A. Oakley   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Oxytocin enhances brain reward system responses in men viewing the face of their female partner

(2013) D. Scheele et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The role of oxytocin in social bonding, stress regulation and mental health: An update on the moderating effects of context and interindividual differences

(2013) Miranda Olff et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Oxytocin enhances attractiveness of unfamiliar female faces independent of the dopamine reward system

(2013) Nadine Striepens et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

The effect of oxytocin on cooperation in a prisoner’s dilemma depends on the social context and a person’s social value orientation

(2013) Carolyn H. Declerck et al.   Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Elevated cerebrospinal fluid and blood concentrations of oxytocin following its intranasal administration in humans

(2013) Nadine Striepens et al.   Scientific Reports

Childhood aggression, callous-unemotional traits and oxytocin genes

(2012) Joseph H. Beitchman et al.   EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY

The other side of the coin: oxytocin decreases the adherence to fairness norms

(2012) Sina Radke et al.   Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Oxytocin Modulates Social Distance between Males and Females

(2012) D. Scheele et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Evoked Axonal Oxytocin Release in the Central Amygdala Attenuates Fear Response

(2012) H. Sophie Knobloch et al.   NEURON

Not just fear and sadness: Meta-analytic evidence of pervasive emotion recognition deficits for facial and vocal expressions in psychopathy

(2012) Amy Dawel et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Oxytocin differentially modulates eye gaze to naturalistic social signals of happiness and anger

(2012) Gregor Domes et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Recommendations for the standardisation of oxytocin nasal administration and guidelines for its reporting in human research

(2012) Adam J. Guastella et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

The influence of oxytocin administration on responses to infant faces and potential moderation by OXTR genotype

(2012) Abigail A. Marsh et al.   PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Deficits in Domains of Social Cognition in Schizophrenia: A Meta-Analysis of the Empirical Evidence

(2012) Gauri N. Savla et al.   SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN

Oxytocin Modulates Amygdala, Insula, and Inferior Frontal Gyrus Responses to Infant Crying: A Randomized Controlled Trial

(2011) Madelon M.E. Riem et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Oxytocin and vasopressin in the human brain: social neuropeptides for translational medicine

(2011) Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Evolutionary foundations of human prosocial sentiments

(2011) J. B. Silk et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Oxytocin promotes human ethnocentrism

(2011) C. K. W. De Dreu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Oxytocin modulates the link between adult attachment and cooperation through reduced betrayal aversion

(2011) Carsten K.W. De Dreu   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Effects of intranasal oxytocin and vasopressin on cooperative behavior and associated brain activity in men

(2011) James K. Rilling et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

A sniff of trust: Meta-analysis of the effects of intranasal oxytocin administration on face recognition, trust to in-group, and trust to out-group

(2011) Marinus H. Van IJzendoorn et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Pathways to Aggression in Schizophrenia Affect Results of Treatment

(2011) J. Volavka et al.   SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN

Oxytocin and cooperation under conditions of uncertainty: The modulating role of incentives and social information

(2010) Carolyn H. Declerck et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Oxytocin Enhances Amygdala-Dependent, Socially Reinforced Learning and Emotional Empathy in Humans

(2010) R. Hurlemann et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Promoting social behavior with oxytocin in high-functioning autism spectrum disorders

(2010) E. Andari et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Natural variations in maternal and paternal care are associated with systematic changes in oxytocin following parent–infant contact

(2010) Ruth Feldman et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Intranasal oxytocin increases fathers’ observed responsiveness during play with their children: A double-blind within-subject experiment

(2010) Fabienne Naber et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Peripheral oxytocin is associated with reduced symptom severity in schizophrenia

(2010) Leah H. Rubin et al.   SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH

The Neuropeptide Oxytocin Regulates Parochial Altruism in Intergroup Conflict Among Humans

(2010) C. K. W. De Dreu et al.   SCIENCE

Intranasal Administration of Oxytocin Increases Envy and Schadenfreude (Gloating)

(2009) Simone G. Shamay-Tsoory et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Intranasal Oxytocin Improves Emotion Recognition for Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders

(2009) Adam J. Guastella et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Assessing the Economic Costs of Serious Mental Illness

(2008) Thomas R. Insel   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY

Oxytocin Shapes the Neural Circuitry of Trust and Trust Adaptation in Humans

(2008) Thomas Baumgartner et al.   NEURON

Delivery of interferon-β to the monkey nervous system following intranasal administration

(2008) R.G. Thorne et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Oxytocin, Vasopressin, and the Neurogenetics of Sociality

(2008) Z. R. Donaldson et al.   SCIENCE

Dopaminergic-neuropeptide interactions in the social brain

(2008) David H. Skuse et al.   TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES

Oxytocin Increases Gaze to the Eye Region of Human Faces

(2007) Adam J. Guastella et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Deficits in facial affect recognition among antisocial populations: A meta-analysis

(2007) Abigail A. Marsh et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS