Postprandial oxytocin secretion is associated with severity of anxiety and depressive symptoms in anorexia nervosa

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Lawson, Elizabeth A ^a   Holsen, Laura M ^b   Santin, McKale ^a   DeSanti, Rebecca ^a   Meenaghan, Erinne ^a   Eddy, Kamryn T ^a   Herzog, David B ^a   Goldstein, Jill M ^b   Klibanski, Anne ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; LEPTIN; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY;

EID: 84878253083     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.12m08154     Document Type: Article

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