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ArticleTranslational psychiatry2021

Nasal oxytocin for the treatment of psychiatric disorders and pain: achieving meaningful brain concentrations.

David C Yeomans, Leah R Hanson, Dean S Carson, Brendan J Tunstall, Mary R Lee, Alexander Z Tzabazis, Daniel Jacobs, William H Frey

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Article in Translational psychiatry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
7.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

David C YeomansDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. dcyeomans@stanford.edu.
Leah R HansonDepartment of Neuroscience, HealthPartners Institute, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Dean S CarsonTrigemina, Inc., Moraga, CA, USA.
Brendan J TunstallDepartment of Pharmacology, Addiction Science, and Toxicology, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9430-9612
Mary R LeeVeterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
Alexander Z TzabazisDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Daniel JacobsDepartment of Surgery, Permanente Medical Group, Santa Clara, CA, USA.
William H FreyDepartment of Neuroscience, HealthPartners Institute, Minneapolis, MN, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6373-0794
HealthPartners · USStanford Medicine · USColorado Permanente Medical Group · USStanford University · USUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center · USVeterans Health Administration · US

Funding

Opposing Contributions of Oxytocin and Corticotropin-Release Factor to Alcohol DependenceR00DA048530 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI TUNSTALL, BRENDAN · 2021 to 2023
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NIDA NIH HHS K99 DA048530NIDA NIH HHS R00 DA048530U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) DA 048530
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is evidence of the therapeutic potential of intranasal oxytocin for the treatment of pain and various psychiatric disorders, however, there is scant evidence that oxytocin reaches the brain. We quantified the concentration and distribution pattern of [

Indexed as

Mental DisordersOxytocinAdministration, IntranasalAnimalsBrainPainRatsOxytocin

Identifiers

PMID34247185
PMCPMC8272715
OpenAlexW3178733111

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