Intranasal Oxytocin: Myths and Delusions

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 243-250

  Leng, Gareth ^a   Ludwig, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Humans; Hypothalamus; Oxytocin; Social behaviors; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

BEHAVIOR; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENITAL SYSTEM; HEART; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; BRAIN; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; BRAIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; OXYTOCIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84955592947     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.05.003     Document Type: Review

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