Oxytocin and major depressive disorder: Experimental and clinical evidence for links to aetiology and possible treatment

Pharmaceuticals

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 702-724

  Slattery, David A ^a   Neumann, Inga D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depression; Early life; Neuropeptide; Oxytocin; Social attachment

Indexed keywords

1 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 4 (4 PHTHALIMIDOBUTYL)PIPERAZINE; 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; 4 CHLOROANILINE; FLUOXETINE; NALOXONE; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; RITANSERIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY DISORDER; AUTOPSY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CHRONIC STRESS; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MOOD DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PLACE PREFERENCE; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRESS; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 77950389725     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14248247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ph3030702     Document Type: Review

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