ReviewCurrent psychiatry reports2018
The Neuropeptide Hormone Oxytocin in Eating Disorders.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.
- Peripheral Biomarkers of Anorexia Nervosa: A Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2024Pooled it
- Assessing the Role of Dark Sweet Cherry (Nutrients · 2025Trial
- Investigating resting brain perfusion abnormalities and disease target-engagement by intranasal oxytocin in women with bulimia nervosa and binge-eating disorder and healthy controls.Translational psychiatry · 2020Trial
- Nutritional state-dependent changes in subcortical limbic structures in anorexia nervosa are linked to leptin, ghrelin, and neurofilament light.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026Article
- Oxytocin Deficiency in Childhood and Adolescence: Clinical Features, Diagnostic Challenges and Therapeutic Perspectives.Current issues in molecular biology · 2025Review
- The Oxytocin System and Implications for Oxytocin Deficiency in Hypothalamic-Pituitary Disease.Endocrine reviews · 2025Review
- Understanding oxytocin in human physiology and pathophysiology: A path towards therapeutics.Comprehensive psychoneuroendocrinology · 2024Review
- Oxytocin in the Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders.Medeniyet medical journal · 2023Article
- Oxytocin response to food intake in avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder.European journal of endocrinology · 2023Article
- OXTR DNA methylation differentiates men on the obesity spectrum with and without binge eating disorder.Clinical epigenetics · 2022Article
- Low oxytocin levels are broadly associated with more pronounced psychopathology in anorexia nervosa with primarily restricting but not binge/purge eating behavior.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Article
- Oxytocin: A Potential Therapeutic for Obesity.Journal of obesity & metabolic syndrome · 2021Review
- Oxytocin Pathway Gene (Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Harnessing the Neurobiology of Resilience to Protect the Mental Well-Being of Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Review
- Disrupted Oxytocin-Appetite Signaling in Females With Anorexia Nervosa.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2019Article
- Role of oxytocin in the control of stress and food intake.Journal of neuroendocrinology · 2019Review
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Abstract
purpose of reviewThe neurohormone oxytocin (OXT) impacts food intake as well as cognitive, emotional, and social functioning-all of which are central to eating disorder (ED) pathology across the weight spectrum. Here, we review findings on endogenous OXT levels and their relationship to ED pathology, the impact of exogenous OXT on mechanisms that drive ED presentation and chronicity, and the potential role of genetic predispositions in the OXT-ED link. RECENT
findingsCurrent findings suggest a role of the OXT system in the pathophysiology of anorexia nervosa. In individuals with bulimia nervosa, endogenous OXT levels were comparable to those of healthy controls, and exogenous OXT reduced food intake. Studies in other ED are lacking. However, genetic studies suggest a broad role of the OXT system in influencing ED pathology. Highlighting findings on why OXT represents a potential biomarker of and treatment target for ED, we advocate for a systematic research approach spanning the entire ED spectrum.
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