Oxytocin: Behavioral associations and potential as a salivary biomarker

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1098, Issue , 2007, Pages 312-322

  Carter, C Sue ^a   Pournajafi Nazarloo, Hossein ^a   Kramer, Kristin M ^a,b   Ziegler, Toni E ^c   White Traut, Rosemary ^a   Bello, Deborah ^a   Schwertz, Dorie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Enzyme immunoassay; Lactation; Massage; Oxytocin; Reproduction; Salivary neuropeptides; Social bonds; Stress

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; OXYTOCIN;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIRTH; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LACTATION; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCIBILITY; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SALIVA;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; OXYTOCIN; SALIVA;

EID: 34248164471     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1384.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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