Intravenous oxytocin reduces alcohol self‐administration in baboons

Intravenous Alcohol in Pneumonia

Alcohol in intravenous feeding.

Some degree of starvation is a common and accepted sequel to severe injury, and for several days after major operations patients usually lose their appetite and do not eat. In the past attempts have been made to avoid this period of starvation by means of intravenous feeding with protein hydrolysates and various sources of energy. Close examination of the normal response to injury shows, howeve...

Intravenous Alcohol in Pneumonia

S. r., a postal peon, was attacked with rightsided pneumonia on 11th January, 1936, and was first seen by me on the 15th in the following condition :? Pain in right chest, distressing cough with rusty tenacious sputum, slight cyanosis, offensive diarrhoea; temperature 103?F., pulse, 20, respiration 36. Lunglower lobe consolidated, pleuritic rub, bronchial breathing and subcrepitant rales presen...

Oxytocin reduces caloric intake in men

OBJECTIVE Preclinical studies indicate that oxytocin is anorexigenic and has beneficial metabolic effects. Oxytocin effects on nutrition and metabolism in humans are not well defined. It was hypothesized that oxytocin would reduce caloric intake and appetite and alter levels of appetite-regulating hormones. Metabolic effects of oxytocin were also explored. METHODS A randomized, placebo-contro...

Oxytocin reduces amygdala responses during threat approach.

Oxytocin reduces amygdala responses to threatening social stimuli in males and has been suggested to facilitate approach-related processing by either decreasing anxiety or intensifying salience. The current administration study tested whether oxytocin either reduces or enhances amygdala responses during threat approach in a placebo-controlled randomized, double-blind, between-subjects design wi...