Repeated intranasal oxytocin administration in early life dysregulates the HPA axis and alters social behavior

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 112-113, Issue , 2013, Pages 40-48

  Rault, Jean Loup ^a   Carter, C Sue ^b   Garner, Joseph P ^a   Marchant, Jeremy N ^c   Richert, Brian T ^a   Lay, Donald C ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; HPA; Oxytocin; Peptide; Pig; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; OXYTOCIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRESS; WEANING;

EID: 84875270443     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2013.02.007     Document Type: Article

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