Ageing and oxytocin: A call for extending human oxytocin research to ageing populations - A mini-review

Gerontology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-39

  Huffmeijer, Renske ^a   Van Ijzendoorn, Marinus H ^a,b   Bakermans Kranenburg, Marian J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ageing; Amygdala; Bonding; Grandparenting; Neurocognitive processes; Oxytocin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

AGING; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITION; DRUG MECHANISM; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRANDPARENT; HUMAN; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AMYGDALA; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MEMORY; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; OXYTOCIN; PARENTING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84871609626     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000341333     Document Type: Review

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