Estrogen withdrawal alters oxytocin signaling in the paraventricular hypothalamus and dorsal raphe nucleus to increase postpartum anxiety
Valerie L. Hedges, Elizabeth C. Heaton, Claudia Amaral, Lauren E. Benedetto, Clio L. Bodie, Breanna I. D’Antonio, Dayana R. Davila Portillo, Rachel H. Lee, Michael Levine, Emily C. O’Sullivan, Natalie P. Pisch, Shantal Taveras, Hannah Wild, Zachary A. Grieb, Amy P. Ross, , Laura E. Been
This study shows that estrogen withdrawal increases anxiety-like behaviors by altering oxytocin signaling in the paraventricular hypothalamus and dorsal raphe nucleus in Syrian hamsters.
Biological Psychiatry · Nov 24, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience