Experience of stress in childhood negatively correlates with plasma oxytocin concentration in adult men

Stress

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Opacka Juffry, Jolanta ^a   Mohiyeddini, Changiz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Coping; Depression; HPA axis; Oxytocin; Stress

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; MALE; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CHILD; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYTOCIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 83455195547     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253890.2011.560309     Document Type: Article

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