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Effects of four-week intranasal oxytocin administration on large-scale brain networks in older adults
Stockholm University, Aging Research Center (ARC), (together with KI). Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, Psychobiology and epidemiology. Stockholm University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Linguistics, SUBIC - Stockholm University Brain Imaging Centre.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6710-1744
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Number of Authors: 52024 (English)In: Neuropharmacology, ISSN 0028-3908, E-ISSN 1873-7064, Vol. 260, article id 110130Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Oxytocin (OT) is a crucial modulator of social cognition and behavior. Previous work primarily examined effects of acute intranasal oxytocin administration (IN-OT) in younger males on isolated brain regions. Not well understood are (i) chronic IN-OT effects, (ii) in older adults, (iii) on large-scale brain networks, representative of OT's wider-ranging brain mechanisms. To address these research gaps, 60 generally healthy older adults (mean age = 70.12 years, range = 55–83) were randomly assigned to self-administer either IN-OT or placebo twice daily via nasal spray over four weeks. Chronic IN-OT reduced resting-state functional connectivity (rs-FC) of both the right insula and the left middle cingulate cortex with the salience network but enhanced rs-FC of the left medial prefrontal cortex with the default mode network as well as the left thalamus with the basal ganglia–thalamus network. No significant chronic IN-OT effects were observed for between-network rs-FC. However, chronic IN-OT increased selective rs-FC of the basal ganglia–thalamus network with the salience network and the default mode network, indicative of more specialized, efficient communication between these networks. Directly comparing chronic vs. acute IN-OT, reduced rs-FC of the right insula with the salience network and between the default mode network and the basal ganglia–thalamus network, and greater selective rs-FC of the salience network with the default mode network and the basal ganglia–thalamus network, were more pronounced after chronic than acute IN-OT. Our results delineate the modulatory role of IN-OT on large-scale brain networks among older adults.

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2024. Vol. 260, article id 110130
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oxytocin, brain networks, older adults
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Psychology
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Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-232965DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2024.110130ISI: 001304592800001PubMedID: 39182569Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85202495729OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-232965DiVA, id: diva2:1893512
Available from: 2024-08-29 Created: 2024-08-29 Last updated: 2025-01-07Bibliographically approved

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