Oxytocin levels in blood, cerebrospinal fluid are linked, study finds

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - 04:05 in Health & Medicine

For years, scientists have debated how best to assess brain levels of oxytocin, a hormone implicated in social behaviors. Now, researchers have found the first direct evidence in children that blood oxytocin measurements are tightly linked to levels of oxytocin in cerebrospinal fluid, which bathes the brain.

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