Social isolation and cardiovascular disease: An atherosclerotic pathway?

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 877-890

  Knox, Sarah S ^a   Uvnäs Moberg, Kerstin ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Oxytocin; Pituitary; Social isolation; Sympathetic

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0345222472     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(98)00061-4     Document Type: Review

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