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Neuroendocrine mechanisms of stress and social interaction: implications for mental disordersMarkus Heinrichs
Institute of Psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Curr Opin Psychiatry 20:158-62. 2007..The purpose of the present review is to consider further evidence for the role of neuroendocrine mechanisms in mental disorders by focusing on recent trends and advances in the field of psychoneuroendocrinology...- Selective amnesic effects of oxytocin on human memoryMarkus Heinrichs
Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Zurich, Zurichbergstrasse 43, CH 8044 Zurich, Switzerland
Physiol Behav 83:31-8. 2004..These findings concur with data from animal research suggesting that central oxytocin selectively influences memory performance depending on the kind of memory test used and, more importantly, the psychobiological relevance of stimuli... - Predicting posttraumatic stress symptoms from pretraumatic risk factors: a 2-year prospective follow-up study in firefightersMarkus Heinrichs
Institute of Psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Zurich, Zürichbergstr 43, CH 8044 Zurich, Switzerland
Am J Psychiatry 162:2276-86. 2005..The purpose of this study was to identify predictive risk factors for posttraumatic stress symptoms and comorbid psychopathological symptoms present during the time before exposure to traumatic stress in a high-risk population... 
Intranasal oxytocin increases positive communication and reduces cortisol levels during couple conflictBeate Ditzen
Department of Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Biol Psychiatry 65:728-31. 2009..However, to date there have been no studies investigating the effects of central oxytocin mechanisms on behavior and physiology in human couple interaction...- The level of physical activity affects adrenal and cardiovascular reactivity to psychosocial stressUlrike Rimmele
Department of Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Zurich, Binzmühlestrasse 14 Box 8, CH 8050 Zurich, Switzerland
Psychoneuroendocrinology 34:190-8. 2009..More importantly, these findings imply a differential effect of the level of physical activity on different stress-related neurophysiological systems in response to psychosocial stress... - Glucocorticoids do not reduce subjective fear in healthy subjects exposed to social stressLeila M Soravia
Department of Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Biol Psychol 81:184-8. 2009..Whether glucocorticoids reduce subjective fear also in healthy subjects exposed to a socially fearful situation is not known... - Oxytocin shapes the neural circuitry of trust and trust adaptation in humansThomas Baumgartner
Center for the Study of Social and Neural Systems, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics, University of Zurich, Blumlisalpstrasse 10, CH 8006 Zurich, Switzerland
Neuron 58:639-50. 2008..These findings may help to develop deeper insights into mental disorders such as social phobia and autism, which are characterized by persistent fear or avoidance of social interactions... - Effects of different kinds of couple interaction on cortisol and heart rate responses to stress in womenBeate Ditzen
Department of Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Zurich, Binzmuhlestrasse 14 Box 26, CH 8050 Zurich, Switzerland
Psychoneuroendocrinology 32:565-74. 2007..More importantly, these findings imply a direct protective effect of touch on stress-related neurobiological systems as a possible underlying mechanism of health beneficial effects of positive couple interaction... - Trained men show lower cortisol, heart rate and psychological responses to psychosocial stress compared with untrained menUlrike Rimmele
Department of Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Zurich, Binzmühlestrasse 14 Box 8, CH 8050 Zurich, Switzerland
Psychoneuroendocrinology 32:627-35. 2007..These results suggest that physical activity may provide a protective effect against stress-related disorders... 
Glucocorticoids reduce phobic fear in humansLeila M Soravia
Institute of Psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, , , , Switzerland
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:5585-90. 2006..Cortisol treatment did not reduce general, phobia-unrelated anxiety. In conclusion, the present findings in two distinct types of phobias indicate that glucocorticoid administration reduces phobic fear...- The acute effects of intranasal oxytocin administration on endocrine and sexual function in malesAndrea Burri
Department of Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Zurich, Binzmuhlestrasse 14, 8050 Zurich, Switzerland
Psychoneuroendocrinology 33:591-600. 2008.... - Oxytocin makes a face in memory familiarUlrike Rimmele
Department of Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Zurich, 8050 Zurich, Switzerland
J Neurosci 29:38-42. 2009..This pattern speaks for an immediate and selective effect of the peptide strengthening neuronal systems of social memory... - Neuropeptides and social behaviour: effects of oxytocin and vasopressin in humansMarkus Heinrichs
Department of Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Prog Brain Res 170:337-50. 2008..Finally, a model of the interactions of anxiety and stress, social approach behaviour, and the oxytocinergic system is presented, which integrates the novel approach of a psychobiological therapy in psychopathological states... - Adult attachment and social support interact to reduce psychological but not cortisol responses to stressBeate Ditzen
Department of Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
J Psychosom Res 64:479-86. 2008..The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of adult attachment and social support on psychological and endocrine responses to psychosocial stress... - Effects of oxytocin and prosocial behavior on brain responses to direct and vicariously experienced painTania Singer
Center for the Study of Social and Neural Systems, University of Zurich, Blümlisalpstrasse, Zurich, Switzerland
Emotion 8:781-91. 2008..The results suggest that selfish individuals may not be as rational and unemotional as usually suggested, their actions being determined by their feeling anxious rather than by reason... - Social support and oxytocin interact to suppress cortisol and subjective responses to psychosocial stressMarkus Heinrichs
Department of Clinical Psychology, , , Switzerland
Biol Psychiatry 54:1389-98. 2003..These results concur with data from animal research suggesting an important role of oxytocin as an underlying biological mechanism for stress-protective effects of positive social interactions... - Closeness in relationships as a mediator between sexual abuse in childhood or adolescence and psychopathological outcome in adulthoodNevena Dimitrova
Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Clin Psychol Psychother 17:183-95. 2010..Therefore, preserving a capacity for closeness with attachment figures in adulthood appears to mediate the consequences of CSA on subsequent psychopathological outcome... - Lactation and stress: protective effects of breast-feeding in humansMarkus Heinrichs
Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Zurich, Zürichbergstr 43, CH 8044 Zurich, Switzerland
Stress 5:195-203. 2002.... - Oxytocin increases trust in humansMichael Kosfeld
University of Zurich, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics, Blumlisalpstrasse 10, CH-8006 Zurich, Switzerland
Nature 435:673-6. 2005..These results concur with animal research suggesting an essential role for oxytocin as a biological basis of prosocial approach behaviour... - Oxytocin improves "mind-reading" in humansGregor Domes
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Rostock University, Rostock, Germany
Biol Psychiatry 61:731-3. 2007..The neuropeptide oxytocin plays a central role in social approach behavior in nonhuman mammals... - Acute stress impairs recognition for positive words--association with stress-induced cortisol secretionGregor Domes
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Rostock University, Gehlsheimerstrasse 20, D 18055 Rostock Germany
Stress 7:173-81. 2004..The results suggest that acute stress impairs memory for positive stimuli and that stress-induced cortisol secretion interferes with accuracy of memory retrieval, i.e. the ability to discriminate true memories from false ones... - Oxytocin attenuates amygdala responses to emotional faces regardless of valenceGregor Domes
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
Biol Psychiatry 62:1187-90. 2007..Oxytocin is known to reduce anxiety and stress in social interactions as well as to modulate approach behavior. Recent studies suggest that the amygdala might be the primary neuronal basis for these effects...