Intranasal Oxytocin in Pediatric Populations: Exploring the Potential for Reducing Irritability and Modulating Neural Responses: A Mini Review

Intranasal Oxytocin in Pediatric Populations: Exploring the Potential for Reducing Irritability and Modulating Neural Responses: A Mini Review

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DOI 10.20900/jpbs.20230008
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JPBS
年,卷(期) 2023, 8(4)
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1 Department of Psychiatry, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA;
2 Department of Pharmacy Practice, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA

Abstract
Endogenous neuropeptide Oxytocin (OXT) plays a crucial role in modulating pro-social behavior and the neural response to social/emotional stimuli. Intranasal administration is the most common method of delivering OXT. Intranasal OXT has been implemented in clinical studies of various psychiatric disorders with mixed results, mainly related to lack of solid pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics model. Due to intranasal OXT’s mechanism of reducing the activation of neural areas implicated in emotional responding and emotion regulation, a psychopathology with this target mechanism could be potentially excellent candidate for future clinical trial. In this regard, irritability in youth may be a very promising target for clinical studies of intranasal OXT. Here we provide a mini-review of fifteen randomized controlled trials in pediatric patients with diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), or Phelan-McDermid syndrome (PMS). Most studies had small sample sizes and varying dosages, with changes in irritability, mainly as adverse events (AEs). Neuroimaging results showed modulation of the reward processing system and the neural areas implicated in social-emotional information processing by intranasal OXT administration. Further research is needed to determine the most effective dose and duration of OXT treatment, carefully select target psychopathologies, verify target engagement, and measure adverse event profiles.
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intranasal oxytocin; OXT pediatric; autism spectrum disorder (ASD); Prader-Willi (PWS); Phelan-McDermid (PMS); irritability
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Kennet Sorenson,Emilee Kendall,Hannah Grell,Minjoo Kang,Christopher Shaffer,Soonjo Hwang*. Intranasal Oxytocin in Pediatric Populations: Exploring the Potential for Reducing Irritability and Modulating Neural Responses: A Mini Review, Journal of Psychiatry and Brain Science. 2023; 8; (4). https://doi.org/10.20900/jpbs.20230008.

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