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Hypopituitarism is associated with lower oxytocin concentrations and reduced empathic ability

PURPOSE: Central diabetes insipidus is characterised by arginine vasopressin deficiency. Oxytocin is structurally related to vasopressin and is synthesised in the same hypothalamic nuclei, thus we hypothesised that patients with acquired central diabetes insipidus and anterior hypopituitarism would...

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Autores principales: Daughters, Katie, Manstead, Antony S. R., Rees, D. Aled
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5486505/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28597171
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12020-017-1332-3