Oxytocin: From milk ejection to maladaptation in stress response and psychiatric disorders. A psychoneuroendocrine perspective

Annales d'Endocrinologie

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 449-454

  Scantamburlo, G ^a   Ansseau, M ^a   Geenen, V ^a   Legros, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Affiliative behavior; Anxiety; Major depression; Oxytocin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANXIETY DISORDER; AUTISM; DEPRESSION; DRUG MECHANISM; EMOTION; FEEDING; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LACTATION; MALADJUSTMENT; MEMORY; MENTAL DISEASE; MILK EJECTION; MILK PRODUCTION; MOOD DISORDER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PANIC; REVIEW; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MILK EJECTION; MOOD DISORDERS; OXYTOCIN; PITUITARY GLAND; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 71149095641     PISSN: 00034266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ando.2009.09.002     Document Type: Review

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