Peripheral oxytocin and vasopressin are associated with clinical symptom severity and cognitive functioning in midlife women with chronic schizophrenia

Schizophr Res. 2018 May:195:409-411. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2017.09.041. Epub 2017 Sep 29.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA; Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
² Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
³ Kinsey Institute, Bloomington, IN, USA.
⁴ Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. Electronic address: dkelly@mprc.umaryland.edu.

PMID: 28965776
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2017.09.041

No abstract available

Keywords: Cognition; Hormones; Midlife women; Oxytocin; Schizophrenia.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Chronic Disease
Cognition Disorders / etiology*
Female
Humans
Neuropsychological Tests
Oxytocin / metabolism*
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Schizophrenia / complications*
Schizophrenia / metabolism*
Schizophrenic Psychology*
Vasopressins / metabolism*
Young Adult

Substances

Vasopressins
Oxytocin