Endogenous oxytocin levels in extracted saliva elevates during breastfeeding correlated with lower postpartum anxiety in primiparous mothers

• मुख्य लेखकों: Miyuki Nagahashi-Araki (लेखक), Makoto Tasaka (लेखक), Tsunehiko Takamura (लेखक), Hiromi Eto (लेखक), Noriko Sasaki (लेखक), Wakako Fujita (लेखक), Asuka Miyazaki (लेखक), Kanako Morifuji (लेखक), Naoko Honda (लेखक), Tunetake Miyamura (लेखक), Shota Nishitani (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: BMC, 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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Abstract Background Breastfeeding in the early postpartum period is expected to have mental benefits for mothers; however, the underlying psychobiological mechanisms remain unclear. Previously, we hypothesized that the release of oxytocin in response to the suckling stimuli during breastfeeding woul...