Choir versus Solo Singing: Effects on Mood, and Salivary Oxytocin and Cortisol Concentrations

The quantification of salivary oxytocin (OXT) concentrations emerges as a helpful tool to assess peripheral OXT secretion at baseline and after various challenges in healthy and clinical populations. Both positive social interactions and stress are known to induce OXT secretion, but the relative inf...

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Main Authors: T. Moritz Schladt, Gregory C. Nordmann, Roman Emilius, Brigitte M. Kudielka, Trynke R. de Jong, Inga D. Neumann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnhum.2017.00430/full