Oxytocin treatment in pediatric populations

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages 1-8

  Taylor, Adrienne E ^a   Lee, Hsu En ^a,b   Buisman Pijlman, Femke T A ^b  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attachment; Intranasal oxytocin; Neuropeptide; Oxytocin; Pediatric populations

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; OXYTOCIN;

AUTISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG USE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LIFE STRESS; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOEDUCATION; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84908007568     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00360     Document Type: Review

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