Preliminary evidence that plasma oxytocin levels are elevated in major depression

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 359-362

  Parker, Karen J ^a   Kenna, Heather A ^a   Zeitzer, Jamie M ^a,b   Keller, Jennifer ^a   Blasey, Christine M ^a   Amico, Janet A ^c,d   Schatzberg, Alan F ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; HPA axis; Major depression; Oxytocin; Stress; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; HYDROCORTISONE; MESSENGER RNA; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYTOCIN; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 77953806960     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.09.017     Document Type: Article

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