|
|
Title: |
Advances in Oxytocin Research |
Search Result:
| Edited by: |
Evan Anderson |
| ISBN10-13: |
1634839919 : 9781634839914 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
230x155mm |
| Pages: |
83 |
| Weight: |
.186 Kg. |
| Published: |
Nova Science Publishers, Inc - December 2015 |
| List Price: |
115.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 1 |
| Subjects: |
Pharmacology |
| Oxytocin (OT), a hormone with a well-known function in childbirth, breast milk secretion, formation of the mother-infant bonding process and social empathy, has recently been revisited from a systemic perspective to uncover possible links with or etiological characteristics of chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Chapter one aims to provide an overview of the association of OT and its genetic polymorphisms with the most prevalent NCDs in the world population, seeking to integrate it to the thrifty phenotype hypothesis throughout the ontogenetic process. Chapter two examines the experimental evidence accumulated over the last few decades which indicates that oxytocin can play a beneficial role in cardiovascular control. Chapter three studies recent evidence that demonstrates intranasal inhalation of oxytocin improves face-processing. The final chapter contributes to a better understanding of the mechanisms involved in the age-related changes in body composition, sexual, and feeding behavior, in which oxytocin and cortisol probably play a relevant role. |
| Table of Contents: |
| For Complete Table of Contents, please visit our website at: https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=56315 |
|
|
Item added to 
.png "Click here for catalogues")
