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Oxytocin

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  1. Boosting oxytocin in postpartum depression: Intranasal oxytocin enhances maternal positive affect and regard for the infant.

    Madelon M E Riem, Lisa Loheide-Niesmann, Roseriet Beijers, Indira Tendolkar, Peter C Mulders · Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2025

    DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2025.107530PMID: 40614394

  2. Reduced risk of cesarean delivery with oxytocin discontinuation in active labor: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Julia Whitley, Julia Burd, Michelle Doering, Jeannie Kelly, Antonina Frolova, Nandini Raghuraman · American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2025

    DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2025.03.015PMID: 40113155

  3. Uterotonic agents for preventing postpartum haemorrhage: a network meta-analysis.

    Ioannis D Gallos, Idnan Yunas, Adam J Devall, Marcelina Podesek, Aurelio Tobias, Malcolm J Price, Olufemi T Oladapo, Arri Coomarasamy · The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025

    DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd011689.pub4PMID: 40237648

  4. Chronic oxytocin administration stimulates the oxytocinergic system in children with autism.

    Matthijs Moerkerke, Nicky Daniels, Laura Tibermont, Tiffany Tang, Margaux Evenepoel, Stephanie Van der Donck, Edward Debbaut, Jellina Prinsen, Viktoria Chubar, Stephan Claes, Bart Vanaudenaerde, Lynn Willems · Nature communications · 2024

    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44334-4PMID: 38167302

  5. Cervical Ripening Using Foley Balloon with or without Oxytocin: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

    Lauren T Gallagher, Benjamin Gardner, Mahbubur Rahman, Corina Schoen, Katherine A Connolly, Gary D Hankins, George R Saade, Antonio F Saad · American journal of perinatology · 2019

    DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1668577PMID: 30130821

  6. Oxytocin increases eye gaze in schizophrenia.

    Ellen R Bradley, Alison Seitz, Andrea N Niles, Katherine P Rankin, Daniel H Mathalon, Aoife O'Donovan, Joshua D Woolley · Schizophrenia research · 2019

    DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2019.07.039PMID: 31416746

  7. Oxytocin infusion reduces bleeding during abdominal myomectomies: a randomized controlled trial.

    Berna Aslan Çetin, Begüm Aydoğan Mathyk, Nadiye Köroğlu, Ali Soydar, Gökhan Demirayak, Tayfur Çift · Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2019

    DOI: 10.1007/s00404-018-4944-9PMID: 30328494

  8. Intramuscular versus intravenous oxytocin to prevent postpartum haemorrhage at vaginal delivery: randomised controlled trial.

    Nita Adnan, Rebecca Conlan-Trant, Ciara McCormick, Fiona Boland, Deirdre J Murphy · BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2018

    DOI: 10.1136/bmj.k3546PMID: 30181338

  9. Rapid-onset anorectic effects of intranasal oxytocin in young men.

    Victoria Burmester, Suzanne Higgs, Philip Terry · Appetite · 2018

    DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2018.08.003PMID: 30081055

  10. Oxytocin and Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

    Yoon Phaik Ooi, Shih-Jen Weng, Joe Kossowsky, Heike Gerger, Min Sung · Pharmacopsychiatry · 2017

    DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-109400PMID: 27574858

  11. Restoring effects of oxytocin on the attentional preference for faces in autism.

    M Kanat, I Spenthof, A Riedel, L T van Elst, M Heinrichs, G Domes · Translational psychiatry · 2017

    DOI: 10.1038/tp.2017.67PMID: 28418399

  12. Working hard for oneself or others: Effects of oxytocin on reward motivation in social anxiety disorder.

    Angela Fang, Michael T Treadway, Stefan G Hofmann · Biological psychology · 2017

    DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2017.05.015PMID: 28559206

  13. Oxytocin reduces caloric intake in men.

    Elizabeth A Lawson, Dean A Marengi, Rebecca L DeSanti, Tara M Holmes, David A Schoenfeld, Christiane J Tolley · Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2015

    DOI: 10.1002/oby.21069PMID: 25865294

  14. Serum oxytocin concentrations in elective caesarean delivery: a randomized comparison of three infusion regimens.

    E T Yamaguchi, M M Cardoso, M L Torres, R C Nascimento, M C Ribeiro, E Frerichs, D Payen · International journal of obstetric anesthesia · 2011

    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2011.03.004PMID: 21641198

  15. Haemodynamic effects of oxytocin given as i.v. bolus or infusion on women undergoing Caesarean section.

    J S Thomas, S H Koh, G M Cooper · British journal of anaesthesia · 2007

    DOI: 10.1093/bja/ael302PMID: 17142825

  16. Intraumbilical vein injection of oxytocin and the third stage of labor: randomized double-blind placebo trial.

    Labib M Ghulmiyyah, Salim A Wehbe, Steven L Saltzman, Carol Ehleben, Baha M Sibai · American journal of perinatology · 2007

    DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-981854PMID: 17564955

  17. Prospective randomized study of oxytocin discontinuation after the active stage of labor is established.

    Emin Ustunyurt, Mustafa Ugur, Basak Ozlem Ustunyurt, Tekin Can Iskender, Ovgu Ozkan, Leyla Mollamahmutoglu · The journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research · 2007

    DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2007.00659.xPMID: 18001445

  18. A double-blinded, randomized controlled trial of oxytocin at the beginning versus the end of the third stage of labor for prevention of postpartum hemorrhage.

    Warner K Huh, David Chelmow, Fergal D Malone · Gynecologic and obstetric investigation · 2004

    DOI: 10.1159/000078095PMID: 15103233

  19. Social support and oxytocin interact to suppress cortisol and subjective responses to psychosocial stress.

    Markus Heinrichs, Thomas Baumgartner, Clemens Kirschbaum, Ulrike Ehlert · Biological psychiatry · 2003

    DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3223(03)00465-7PMID: 14675803

  20. A randomised controlled trial of intramuscular syntometrine and intravenous oxytocin in the management of the third stage of labour.

    C M Y Choy, W C Lau, W H Tam, P M Yuen · BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2002

    DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2002.01204.xPMID: 11905429

  21. Misoprostol versus low-dose oxytocin for cervical ripening: a prospective, randomized, double-masked trial.

    James E Ferguson, Barbara H Head, Fred H Frank, Margaret L Frank, Jeremy S Singer, Theodor Stefos, Giancarlo Mari · American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2002

    DOI: 10.1067/mob.2002.126202PMID: 12193911

  22. Randomized, double-masked comparison of oxytocin dosage in induction and augmentation of labor.

    D C Merrill, F J Zlatnik · Obstetrics and gynecology · 1999

    DOI: 10.1016/s0029-7844(99)00338-5PMID: 10472877

  23. Induction of labor compared with expectant management for prelabor rupture of the membranes at term. TERMPROM Study Group.

    M E Hannah, A Ohlsson, D Farine, S A Hewson, E D Hodnett, T L Myhr, E E Wang, J A Weston, A R Willan · The New England journal of medicine · 1996

    DOI: 10.1056/nejm199604183341601PMID: 8598837

  24. Induction of labor with pulsatile oxytocin by a computer-controlled pump.

    R J Willcourt, D Pager, J Wendel, R W Hale · American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 1994

    DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9378(94)70236-5PMID: 8116721

  25. Breast-feeding and plasma oxytocin concentrations.

    A Lucas, R B Drewett, M D Mitchell · British medical journal · 1980

    DOI: 10.1136/bmj.281.6244.834PMID: 7191754