Oxytocin treatment improves dexamethasone‐induced depression‐like symptoms associated with enhancement of hippocampal CREB‐BDNF signaling in female mice

• Main Authors: Masayoshi Mori (Author), Hiromi Shizunaga (Author), Hiroyoshi Harada (Author), Yuki Tajiri (Author), Yusuke Murata (Author), Kazuki Terada (Author), Kenji Ohe (Author), Munechika Enjoji (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Aims Chronic stress and glucocorticoid exposure are risk factors for depression. Oxytocin (OT) has been shown to have antistress and antidepressant‐like effects in male rodents. However, depression is twice as common in women than in men, and it remains unclear whether OT exerts antidepress...