ReviewHormones and behavior2012
The oxytocin system in drug discovery for autism: animal models and novel therapeutic strategies.
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122 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 212 citations in OpenAlex.
- Intranasal Oxytocin May Improve High-Level Social Cognition in Schizophrenia, But Not Social Cognition or Neurocognition in General: A Multilevel Bayesian Meta-analysis.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2017Pooled it
- Visual systemizing preference in children with autism: A randomized controlled trial of intranasal oxytocin.Development and psychopathology · 2018Trial
- Intranasal oxytocin, but not vasopressin, augments neural responses to toddlers in human fathers.Hormones and behavior · 2017Trial
- Within vs. between-subject effects of intranasal oxytocin on the neural response to cooperative and non-cooperative social interactions.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2017Trial
- Low-dose oxytocin delivered intranasally with Breath Powered device affects social-cognitive behavior: a randomized four-way crossover trial with nasal cavity dimension assessment.Translational psychiatry · 2015Trial
- Links between multisensory processing and autism.Experimental brain research · 2012Trial
- Sex-specific disruption of estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) density in the social brain neural network by Firemaster 550.Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2026Article
- Design of Experiments (DoE)-Optimized Polymeric Oxytocin Nanoparticles for Enhanced Nose-to-Brain Delivery.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2026Article
- Nonlinear and sex-specific effects of V1aR deletion on juvenile social behavior.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- CRISPR-mediated knockdown of oxytocin receptor in extended amygdala reduces stress-induced social avoidance in female California mice.Hormones and behavior · 2025Article
- CRISPR-mediated knockdown of oxytocin receptor in extended amygdala reduces stress-induced social avoidance in female California mice.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Brain Nuclei in the Regulation of Sexual Behavior, Peripheral Nerves Related to Reproduction, and Their Alterations in Neurodegenerative Diseases: A Brief Review.Brain sciences · 2025Review
- Oxytocin and opioid antagonists: A dual approach to improving social behavior.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2025Review
- Comorbidity Between Hikikomori and Autistic Traits May Be Identified as a Phenotypical Presentation Characterized by Greater Severity.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Oxytocin and the Default Mode Network: New Insights into Attachment and Self-Referential Processing : Oxytocin and the Default Mode Network.Galen medical journal · 2025Review
- The Use of Nutraceutical and Pharmacological Strategies in Murine Models of Autism Spectrum Disorder.Cells · 2024Review
- Folate prevents the autism-related phenotype caused by developmental pyrethroid exposure in prairie voles.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Oxytocin/Oxytocin Receptor Signalling in the Gastrointestinal System: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Potential.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Melanocortin agonism in a social context selectively activates nucleus accumbens in an oxytocin-dependent manner.Neuropharmacology · 2024Article
- Gestational exposure to FireMaster® 550 (FM 550) disrupts the placenta-brain axis in a socially monogamous rodent species, the prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster).Molecular and cellular endocrinology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Animal models and behavioral paradigms are critical for elucidating the neural mechanism involved in complex behaviors, including social cognition. Both genotype and phenotype based models have implicated the neuropeptide oxytocin (OT) in the regulation of social behavior. Based on the findings in animal models, alteration of the OT system has been hypothesized to play a role in the social deficits associated with autism and other neuropsychiatric disorders. While the evidence linking the peptide to the etiology of the disorder is not yet conclusive, evidence from multiple animal models suggest modulation of the OT system may be a viable strategy for the pharmacological treatment of social deficits. In this review, we will discuss how animal models have been utilized to understand the role of OT in social cognition and how those findings can be applied to the conceptualization and treatment of the social impairments in ASD. Animal models with genetic alterations of the OT system, like the OT, OT receptor and CD38 knock-out mice, and those with phenotypic variation in social behavior, like BTBR inbred mice and prairie voles, coupled with behavioral paradigms with face and construct validity may prove to have predictive validity for identifying the most efficacious methods of stimulating the OT system to enhance social cognition in humans. The widespread use of strong animal models of social cognition has the potential yield pharmacological, interventions for the treatment social impairments psychiatric disorders. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled Oxytocin, Vasopressin, and Social Behavior.
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