Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Cranial diabetes insipidus (CDI) is characterised by arginine vasopressin (AVP) deficiency. Oxytocin (OT) is structurally related to AVP and is synthesised in the same hypothalamic nuclei, but a clinical syndrome of OT deficiency is not currently recognised. Psychological research has demonstrated that OT influences social and emotional behaviours, particularly empathic behaviour.Aim: We hypothesised that patients with acquired CDI and anteri...

The neuropeptide oxytocin is the most recent peptide to have emerged from a new field of research investigating the physiological underpinnings of human social behaviour. Whilst previous studies have focused on the role of touch as an effective method of priming, this study investigated the role of social vocalisation as a potential priming method of endogenous oxytocin release. 40 female participants, aged between 18 and 21 years of age, were randomly allocated into either a ...