Oxytocin-messages via the cerebrospinal fluid: Behavioral effects; a review

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-210

  Veening, Jan G ^a,b,d   de Jong, Trynke ^c   Barendregt, Henk P ^d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavioral state; Cerebrospinal fluid; Dendritic release; Non synaptic communication; Olfaction; Oxytocin

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CORTICOSTEROID; OPIATE; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; AGGRESSION; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ANXIETY; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN STEM; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLITORIS; DENDRITE; DENSITY; DRUG ACTIVATION; DRUG BINDING SITE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EJACULATION DISORDER; EPENDYMA; EWE; EXOCYTOSIS; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; GOAT; GROOMING; GUINEA PIG; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; LABOR; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PAIN; PENIS ERECTION; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHEEP; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRIA TERMINALIS; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; VAGINA; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 77955095769     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.05.004     Document Type: Review

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