2025
Oxytocin improves maternal licking behavior deficits in autism-associated Shank3 mutant dogs
Lyu W, Li Y, Yao A, Tan Q, Zhang R, Zhao J, Guo K, Jiang Y, Tian R, Zhang Y. Oxytocin improves maternal licking behavior deficits in autism-associated Shank3 mutant dogs. Translational Psychiatry 2025, 15: 76. PMID: 40050270, PMCID: PMC11885833, DOI: 10.1038/s41398-025-03296-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutism spectrum disorderMutant damsWild-typeMaternal behaviorASD risk genesLicking behaviorAbundant scaffolding proteinImpaired social interactionEffects of oxytocinCRISPR/Cas9 methodologyRisk genesMutant dogsNursing frequencyOXT treatmentBehavioral deficitsRepetitive behaviorsPotential therapeutic strategySpectrum disorderBirthing parents’ neural response to infant cry: moderating effects of oxytocin and perceived childhood care
Grande L, Xie Y, Zagoory-Sharon O, Watamura S, Yeh T, Feldman R, Kim P. Birthing parents’ neural response to infant cry: moderating effects of oxytocin and perceived childhood care. Social Cognitive And Affective Neuroscience 2025, 20: nsaf010. PMID: 39849833, PMCID: PMC11804881, DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsaf010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMaternity careParental Bonding InstrumentParenting behaviorsOxytocin levelsInfant cryingNeural responses to infant cryNeural responses to infant stimuliResponse to infant cryingResponses to infant stimuliEarly postpartum periodObservations of parental behaviorEarly caregiving experiencesSensitive parenting behaviorsCaregiving experienceHigher oxytocin levelsBirth parentsParent-infant playEffects of oxytocinControlled cryingMonths postpartumPostpartum periodCareCuneus activationInfant stimuliBonding Instrument
2019
Oxytocin Enhances the Neural Efficiency of Social Perception
Tillman R, Gordon I, Naples A, Rolison M, Leckman JF, Feldman R, Pelphrey KA, McPartland JC. Oxytocin Enhances the Neural Efficiency of Social Perception. Frontiers In Human Neuroscience 2019, 13: 71. PMID: 30914935, PMCID: PMC6421852, DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2019.00071.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEmotional facesFace perceptionN170 latencyNeutral facesSocial perceptionExperiment 1Experiment 2Face processing taskNeutral facial expressionsSpecialized neural circuitryEffects of oxytocinDifferent facial featuresFearful facesNeural efficiencyEmotional expressionNeural correlatesInformative cuesIndividual differencesNeural processesParticipants' gazeNeural substratesFacial expressionsSubjects designNeural circuitryOT influences
2018
P.2.018 Child’s oxytocin response to mother-child interaction: the contribution of child genetics and maternal behaviour
Baiao R, Fearon P, Soares I, Mesquita A. P.2.018 Child’s oxytocin response to mother-child interaction: the contribution of child genetics and maternal behaviour. European Neuropsychopharmacology 2018, 28: s34-s35. DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2017.12.057.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAn integrated framework for the role of oxytocin in multistage social decision‐making
Piva M, Chang SWC. An integrated framework for the role of oxytocin in multistage social decision‐making. American Journal Of Primatology 2018, 80: e22735. PMID: 29350419, PMCID: PMC6053333, DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22735.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEffects of oxytocinSocial behaviorWithdrawal hypothesisSocial salience hypothesisCertain social situationsRole of oxytocinInfluence of oxytocinNeural evidenceProsocial actionsSocial stimuliProsocial choicesApproach behaviorSalience hypothesisSocial salienceSocial decisionsAntisocial behaviorSocial situationsOxytocin administrationWithdrawal behaviorSensory inputBehavioral outputSensory perceptionOverarching theoryDisparate theoriesProminent hypothesis
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