Problems with measuring peripheral oxytocin: Can the data on oxytocin and human behavior be trusted?

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1485-1492

  McCullough, Michael E ^a   Churchland, Patricia Smith ^b   Mendez, Armando J ^c  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioanalytical validation; Enzyme immunoassay (EIA); Enzyme linked immunoabsorbent assay (ELISA); Oxytocin; Peptides; Radioimmunoassay (RIA)

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ACCURACY; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COGNITION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS;

BIOANALYTICAL VALIDATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY (EIA); ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOABSORBENT ASSAY (ELISA); OXYTOCIN; PEPTIDES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY (RIA);

HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; OXYTOCIN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84879726836     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.04.018     Document Type: Review

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