PERFORM Publications

The effects of intranasal oxytocin on the efficacy of psychotherapy for major depressive disorder: a pilot randomized controlled trial

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-treatme ...

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Depressive Symptoms and Social Context Modulate Oxytocin's Effect on Negative Memory Recall

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-depe ...

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Acute intranasal oxytocin improves positive self-perceptions of personality.

Author(s): Cardoso C, Ellenbogen MA, Linnen AM

Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2012 Apr;220(4):741-9 Authors: Cardoso C, Ellenbogen MA, Linnen AM

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Intranasal oxytocin and salivary cortisol concentrations during social rejection in university students.

Author(s): Linnen AM, Ellenbogen MA, Cardoso C, Joober R

Stress. 2012 Jul;15(4):393-402 Authors: Linnen AM, Ellenbogen MA, Cardoso C, Joober R

Article GUID: 22044077

The acute effects of intranasal oxytocin on automatic and effortful attentional shifting to emotional faces.

Author(s): Ellenbogen MA, Linnen AM, Grumet R, Cardoso C, Joober R

Psychophysiology. 2012 Jan;49(1):128-37 Authors: Ellenbogen MA, Linnen AM, Grumet R, Cardoso C, Joober R

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Intranasal oxytocin attenuates the cortisol response to physical stress: a dose-response study.

Author(s): Cardoso C, Ellenbogen MA, Orlando MA, Bacon SL, Joober R

Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2013 Mar;38(3):399-407 Authors: Cardoso C, Ellenbogen MA, Orlando MA, Bacon SL, Joober R

Article GUID: 22889586

Intranasal oxytocin impedes the ability to ignore task-irrelevant facial expressions of sadness in students with depressive symptoms.

Author(s): Ellenbogen MA, Linnen AM, Cardoso C, Joober R

Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2013 Mar;38(3):387-98 Authors: Ellenbogen MA, Linnen AM, Cardoso C, Joober R

Article GUID: 22902063

Stress-induced negative mood moderates the relation between oxytocin administration and trust: evidence for the tend-and-befriend response to stress?

Author(s): Cardoso C, Ellenbogen MA, Serravalle L, Linnen AM

Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2013 Nov;38(11):2800-4 Authors: Cardoso C, Ellenbogen MA, Serravalle L, Linnen AM

Article GUID: 23768973

Oxytocin and psychotherapy: keeping context and person in mind.

Author(s): Cardoso C, Ellenbogen MA

Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2013 Dec;38(12):3172-3 Authors: Cardoso C, Ellenbogen MA PMID: 24035601 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Article GUID: 24035601

Oxytocin and enhancement of the positive valence of social affiliation memories: an autobiographical memory study.

Author(s): Cardoso C, Orlando MA, Brown CA, Ellenbogen MA

Soc Neurosci. 2014;9(2):186-95 Authors: Cardoso C, Orlando MA, Brown CA, Ellenbogen MA

Article GUID: 24387003

Tend-and-befriend is a beacon for change in stress research: a reply to Tops.