Can Oxytocin function as an antidepressant?

dc.rights.license	CC-BY-NC-ND
dc.contributor.advisor	Hijman, Dr. R.
dc.contributor.advisor	Westenberg, Prof. H.G.M.
dc.contributor.author	Wynberg, H.M.
dc.date.accessioned	2010-09-06T17:00:55Z
dc.date.available	2010-09-06
dc.date.available	2010-09-06T17:00:55Z
dc.date.issued	2010
dc.identifier.uri	https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/5595
dc.description.abstract	Oxytocin is a neuropeptide and hormone and it is associated with bonding and trusting in mammalian social interaction. It has also been associated with an anxiolitic effect and is known do decrease activity of HPA axis. As depressed patient are know to have evelated activity of HPA axis and anxiety oxytocin might prove a candidate to reduce these symptoms in depressed patients. This paper is a literature study to to analyse if oxytocin can function as an antidepressed by reducing activity of HPA axis and anxiety related behaviour.
dc.description.sponsorship	Utrecht University
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dc.language.iso	en
dc.title	Can Oxytocin function as an antidepressant?
dc.type.content	Master Thesis
dc.rights.accessrights	Open Access
dc.subject.keywords	depression, oxyctocin, hpa axis, anxiety, bonding
dc.subject.courseuu	Biology of Disease