Author(s): Gouin JP; Pournajafi-Nazarloo H; Carter CS;

Prior studies have reported associations between plasma oxytocin and vasopressin and markers of social functioning. However, because most human studies have used cross-sectional designs, it is unclear whether plasma oxytocin and vasopressin influences social functioning or whether social functioning modulates the production and peripheral release of these ...

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Author(s): Ellenbogen MA; Cardoso C; Serravalle L; Vadaga K; Joober R;

Background: Although both pharmacotherapy and psychological treatments are considered to be efficacious in the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD), one third of patients do not respond to treatment and many experience residual symptoms post-treatment. In this double-blind placebo-controlled randomized control trial (RCT), we assessed whether intr ...

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Author(s): Gonzalo R Quintana

Although mechanisms of mate preference are thought to be relatively hard-wired, experience with appetitive and consummatory sexual reward has been shown to condition preferences for partner related cues and even objects that predict sexual reward. Here, we reviewed evidence from laboratory species and humans on sexually conditioned place, partner, and eja ...

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Author(s): Wong SF; Cardoso C; Orlando MA; Brown CA; Ellenbogen MA;

Oxytocin promotes social affiliation across various species, in part by altering social cognition to facilitate approach behaviour. However, the effects of intranasal oxytocin on human social cognition are mixed, perhaps because its effects are context-dependent and subject to inter-individual differences. Few studies have included explicit manipulations ...

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Author(s): Thaler L, Brassard S, Booij L, Kahan E, McGregor K, Labbe A, Israel M, Steiger H

Eur Eat Disord Rev. 2019 Dec 10;: Authors: Thaler L, Brassard S, Booij L, Kahan E, McGregor K, Labbe A, Israel M, Steiger H

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Author(s): Mac Cionnaith CE, Lemay A, Gomez-Perales EL, Robert G, Cernik R, Brake W, Pfaus JG

Horm Behav. 2019 Oct 21;:104612 Authors: Mac Cionnaith CE, Lemay A, Gomez-Perales EL, Robert G, Cernik R, Brake W, Pfaus JG

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