Hypothalamic oxytocin mediates social buffering of the stress response

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 281-288

  Smith, Adam S ^a   Wang, Zuoxin ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; elevated plus maze; HPA axis; immobilization stress; pair bond; social buffering

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BUFFERING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; ANXIETY; ARVICOLINAE; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; EXERCISE; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIR BONDING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; ARVICOLINAE; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXYTOCIN; PAIR BOND; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84904917148     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.09.017     Document Type: Article

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