Oxytocin plasma concentrations after single intranasal oxytocin administration - A study in healthy men

Neuropeptides

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 211-215

  Gossen, A ^a,b   Hahn, A ^a   Westphal, L ^a   Prinz, S ^a,b   Schultz, R T ^c   Grunder G ^a,b   Spreckelmeyer, K N ^a,b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JARA TRANSLATIONAL BRAIN MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clearance; Neuropeptide; Oxytocin; Pharmacokinetics; Plasma; Steroid hormones; Testosterone; Time course

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; OXYTOCIN; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; ESTRADIOL; HUMANS; MALE; OXYTOCIN; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84867069919     PISSN: 01434179     EISSN: 15322785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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