Oxytocin protects against negative behavioral and autonomic consequences of long-term social isolation

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1542-1553

  Grippo, Angela J ^a   Trahanas, Diane M ^b   Zimmerman II, Robert R ^b   Porges, Stephen W ^b   Carter, C Sue ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac; Cardiovascular disease; Depression; Mood; Parasympathetic nervous system; Peptide; Prairie vole; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HEART FUNCTION; HEART PROTECTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; IMMOBILIZATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRAIRIE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STRESS; SUGAR INTAKE; VOLE;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HELPLESSNESS, LEARNED; ORGAN SIZE; OXYTOCIN; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349904551     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.05.017     Document Type: Article

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