New preprint! 🎉 osf.io/cbjxd/ Oxytocin is known for its role in social cognition, but are its effects exclusive to the social domain? To help answer this question, Heemin Kang led a meta-analysis (and created a web app!) investigating oxytocin's non-social effects 🧵

In this paper, Matthijs Moerkerke et al. provide an exploratory investigation into the effect of repeated #Oxytocin administration on the neural sensitivity for expressive faces in #Autism. Association for Child & Adolescent Mental Health members can read the full paper. bit.ly/3qPgCAM

"Children with ASD demonstrated reduced neural sensitivity towards expressive faces, as compared to NT children." bit.ly/42UgkWu

New paper out ‼️ In this paper Margaux Evenepoel investigated the associations between endogenous oxytocin levels and cortisol levels/OXTR methylation in children with autism 🧬🧪🔎 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37391413/

In this paper, Matthijs Moerkerke et al. provide an exploratory investigation into the effect of repeated #Oxytocin administration on the neural sensitivity for expressive faces in #Autism. Association for Child & Adolescent Mental Health members can read the full paper. bit.ly/3qPgCAM

In this Association for Child & Adolescent Mental Health Featured paper from Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Matthijs Moerkerke et al. provide an exploratory investigation into the effect of repeated #Oxytocin administration on the neural sensitivity for expressive faces in #Autism. ACAMH members can read the full paper. bit.ly/3YLAKAu

Running the 10 km of the #UniversityTrail2023 KU Leuven: ...... Actually running 6.5km but still feeling very proud: ✅ Matthijs Moerkerke Stephanie Van der Donck @gr_ricchiuti

❗NEW PODCAST ALERT❗ In this insightful podcast, Matthijs Moerkerke discusses his Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry paper exploring if repeated intranasal #Oxytocin administration can affect reduced neural sensitivity towards expressive faces in #Autism. Listen now: bit.ly/3t6z9tr

Last week, I had the opportunity to present my PhD on the role of oxytocin in autism @ the Belgian College of Neuropsychopharmacogy and Biological Psychiatry meeting. I'm extremely grateful to have been awarded the ‘Belgium’s got talent’ price. ℹ️ bcnbp.org/belgiums-got-t…

🧠 De toediening van het gelukshormoon oxytocine leidt bij sommige kinderen met autisme tot sociale, gedragsmatige verbeteringen. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek Neuromodulation Laboratory bij kinderen tussen 8 en 12 jaar 👇 Kaat Alaerts Matthijs Moerkerke Nicky Daniels bit.ly/3S6yUaG

📢🧠 The power of oxytocin in children with Autism, by Matthijs Moerkerke published in Nature Communications. Intranasal oxytocin increases salivary oxytocin, correlating with improved feelings of attachment, possibly via a boost in oxytocin receptor expression. rdcu.be/dyZdY