Oxytocin modulates behavioral and physiological responses to a stressor in marmoset monkeys

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 66, Issue , 2016, Pages 22-30

  Cavanaugh, Jon ^a   Carp, Sarah B ^a   Rock, Chelsea M ^a   French, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; HPA axis; Pro8 OXT; Proximity; Social buffering; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; OXYTOCIN; HORMONE ANTAGONIST;

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CALLITHRIX; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECTS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CALLITHRIX; FEMALE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; OXYTOCIN; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84960897723     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.12.027     Document Type: Article

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