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

Oxytocin is a neuropeptide that has a critical role in human social behaviours; including social perception, social cognition, and social memory (Macdonald and Macdonald, 2010). For this reason, oxytocin research has garnered serious interest within the scientific community, popular press and general public (Bartz et al, 2011). Since the first study was published in 2005 (Kirsch et al, 2005), there has been a fourfold increase in neuroimaging studies on the neurobiological effects of oxytocin when administered intranasally (Fig.
Source: Psychoneuroendocrinology - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Source Type: research