Oxytocin system dysfunction as a common mechanism underlying metabolic syndrome and psychiatric symptoms in schizophrenia and bipolar disorders

2017/01/04 by Daniel Quintana, Daniel S. Quintana, Ingrid Dieset +3 · 1 voice
Health Professions · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Infant Health and Development #Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior #Neuroscience of respiration and sleep

paper · doi:10.1016/j.yfrne.2016.12.004

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Citations

• Brain Oxytocin Receptor Antagonism Blunts the Effects of Anorexigenic Treatments in Rats: Evidence for Central Oxytocin Inhibition of Food Intake*
• Oxytocin, brain physiology, and functional connectivity: A review of intranasal oxytocin fMRI studies
• An oxytocin receptor antagonist infused into the supraoptic nucleus attenuates intranuclear and peripheral release of oxytocin during suckling in conscious rats.
• Diagnosis and Management of the Metabolic Syndrome

Discussions

• These conditions share disordered caloric consumption, so oxytocin's anorexigenic effect seems strongest where energy balance is most disrupted. We've written previously that oxytocin system dysfuncti [bsky, 1 points, 1 comments]