A brief history of oxytocin and its role in modulating psychostimulant effects
@article{Carson2013ABH, title={A brief history of oxytocin and its role in modulating psychostimulant effects}, author={D. Carson and A. Guastella and E. Taylor and I. McGregor}, journal={Journal of Psychopharmacology}, year={2013}, volume={27}, pages={231 - 247} }
Over the past century, the polypeptide oxytocin has played an important role in medicine with major highlights including the identification of its involvement in parturition and the milk let-down reflex. Oxytocin is now implicated in an extensive range of psychological phenomena including reward and memory processes and has been investigated as a treatment for several psychiatric disorders including addiction, anxiety, autism, and schizophrenia. In this review, we first provide an historical… CONTINUE READING
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