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Tereshchenko S.Yu.

Research Institute for Medical Problems of the North, Krasnoyarsk

Smol’nikova M.V.

FGBNU «Nauchno-issledovatel'skij institut meditsinskih problem Severa», Krasnojarsk, Rossija, 660022

Oxitocin is a hormone of trust and emotional attachment: the influence on behavior of children and adolescents

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Tereshchenko S.Yu., Smol’nikova M.V.

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Journal: S.S. Korsakov Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry. 2019;119(12): 148‑153

DOI: 10.17116/jnevro2019119121148

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Tereshchenko SYu, Smol’nikova MV. Oxitocin is a hormone of trust and emotional attachment: the influence on behavior of children and adolescents. S.S. Korsakov Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry. 2019;119(12):148‑153. (In Russ.)
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This review presents current data on the mechanisms of production and reception of oxytocin and its effect on the socio-emotional aspects of behavior in different age periods of childhood and adolescence. The main hormonal role of oxytocin is to regulate the process of carrying a fetus, childbirth and lactation, as well as the establishment of social connections from the infancy period (connection with parents with a child) throughout childhood to adolescence and adult periods of life. Its central action takes the most important part in cognitive, emotional and behavioral processes. In addition, oxytocin plays a role in the regulation of food and sexual behavior, in the mechanisms of visceral hypersensitivity and pain perception. The analysis of publications covering the most important role of oxytocin in the formation of the emotional interaction between parents and children in different age periods: infancy, preschool and adolescence was carried out. A brief analysis of genetically determined features of the production and reception of oxytocin and their role in the regulation of behavioral responses is presented. In addition, the review briefly highlights aspects of the likely involvement of oxytocin in the mechanisms of formation of certain psychopathological conditions in children and adolescents.

Keywords:

oxytocin
social behavior
OXTR gene
additive behavior
children’s age

Authors:

Tereshchenko S.Yu.

Research Institute for Medical Problems of the North, Krasnoyarsk

Smol’nikova M.V.

FGBNU «Nauchno-issledovatel'skij institut meditsinskih problem Severa», Krasnojarsk, Rossija, 660022

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