Oxytocin and Stress-related Disorders: Neurobiological Mechanisms and Treatment Opportunities
Sippel LM, Allington CE, Pietrzak RH, Harpaz-Rotem I, Mayes LC, Olff M. Oxytocin and Stress-related Disorders: Neurobiological Mechanisms and Treatment Opportunities. Chronic Stress 2017, 1: 2470547016687996. PMID: 28649672, PMCID: PMC5482285, DOI: 10.1177/2470547016687996.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStress-related disordersStress-related psychiatric disordersNeurobiological mechanismsPosttraumatic stress disorderCritical moderating variablePsychiatric disordersStress disorderNeurohormone oxytocinClinical populationsEndogenous oxytocinModerating variableHeterogeneous findingsHealthy samplesOverview of evidenceSingle-dose studyMajor depressive disorderPromising findingsOxytocinDisordersDepressive disorderDosing schedulesNovel pharmacotherapiesMultidose studyReliable biomarkersTreatment opportunities