Nest making and oxytocin comparably promote wound healing in isolation reared rats.

Nest making and oxytocin comparably promote wound healing in isolation reared rats.

BACKGROUND: Environmental enrichment (EE) fosters attachment behavior through its effect on brain oxytocin levels in the hippocampus and other brain regions, which in turn modulate the hypothalamic-pituitary axis (HPA). Social isolation and other stressors negatively impact physical healing through...

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Main Authors: Antonia Vitalo, Jonathan Fricchione, Monica Casali, Yevgeny Berdichevsky, Elizabeth A Hoge, Scott L Rauch, Francois Berthiaume, Martin L Yarmush, Herbert Benson, Gregory L Fricchione, John B Levine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2677672?pdf=render

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