Modulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis by early life stress exposure

M Van Bodegom, JR Homberg… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2017‏ - frontiersin.org
Exposure to stress during critical periods in development can have severe long-term
consequences, increasing overall risk on psychopathology. One of the key stress response …

Advances in the field of intranasal oxytocin research: lessons learned and future directions for clinical research

DS Quintana, A Lischke, S Grace, D Scheele… - Molecular …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Reports on the modulatory role of the neuropeptide oxytocin on social cognition and
behavior have steadily increased over the last two decades, stimulating considerable …

[HTML][HTML] Roles of oxytocin in stress responses, allostasis and resilience

Y Takayanagi, T Onaka - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Oxytocin has been revealed to work for anxiety suppression and anti-stress as well as for
psychosocial behavior and reproductive functions. Oxytocin neurons are activated by …

Oxytocin conditions intergroup relations through upregulated in-group empathy, cooperation, conformity, and defense

CKW De Dreu, ME Kret - Biological psychiatry, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Humans live in, rely on, and contribute to groups. Evolution may have biologically prepared
them to quickly identify others as belonging to the in-group (vs. not), to decode emotional …

The complex neurobiology of resilient functioning after childhood maltreatment

K Ioannidis, AD Askelund, RA Kievit, AL Van Harmelen - BMC medicine, 2020‏ - Springer
Background Childhood maltreatment has been associated with significant impairment in
social, emotional and behavioural functioning later in life. Nevertheless, some individuals …

Early life stress and cortisol: A meta-analysis

N Fogelman, T Canli - Hormones and behavior, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Given the high prevalence of early life stress (ELS) and the potential physiological
dysregulation such experiences can lead to, this meta-analysis tested the relationship …

[HTML][HTML] Love, fear, and the human-animal bond: On adversity and multispecies relationships

JW Applebaum, EL MacLean, SE McDonald - Comprehensive …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Love and strong social bonds are known buffers in the experience of adversity. Humans
often form strong bonds with non-human animals. The human-animal bond refers to a …

Stress hormones in psychophysiological research: emotional, behavioral, and cognitive implications.

WR Lovallo, TW Buchanan - 2017‏ - psycnet.apa.org
This chapter describes regulation of the stress hormones and their measurement and
interpretation in psychophysiological research. A hormone is a signaling molecule, secreted …

Oxytocin and brain activity in humans: a systematic review and coordinate-based meta-analysis of functional MRI studies

SA Grace, SL Rossell, M Heinrichs… - …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Oxytocin (OXT) is a neuropeptide which has a critical role in human social behaviour and
cognition. Research investigating the role of OXT on functional brain changes in humans …

Developmental programming of oxytocin through variation in early-life stress: Four meta-analyses and a theoretical reinterpretation

BJ Ellis, AJ Horn, CS Carter, MH van IJzendoorn… - Clinical Psychology …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Despite evidence supporting a role for oxytocin (OT) in regulating social behavior,
surprisingly little is known about how this neuropeptide is calibrated during development …