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Psychological stress of exposure to uncontrollable noise increases plasma oxytocin in high emotionality women

Sanders, G·1990·Psychoneuroendocrinology
DOI 10.1016/0306-4530(90)90046-c
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Oxytocin (OT), arginine-vasopressin (AVP), memory, and mood changes were measured in relation to the psychological stress of exposure to uncontrollable noise (UN), with the physical stress of exposure to the identical, but controllable, noise (CN) as a comparison. Four experiments were performed. In the first, UN but not CN resulted in OT increases in women but not in men; neither treatment altered plasma AVP. No significant changes were detected in the second study, but in the third women again showed an OT response to UN. In both the first and third study the OT response was found in only a proportion of the women exposed to UN. This result was analysed further in the fourth study, in which the stress-induced OT response occurred in high, but not in low, emotionality women. In the fourth, but not in the third, study there was an indication that OT increases may be associated with a general impairment of memory. There was no evidence to support an enhancement of negative memories after exposure to UN. Exposure to noise generally produced a worsening of mood, with no consistent differences between the UN and CN conditions. This is the first report of an OT response to psychological stress in human subjects.

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  • High emotionality-or anxious-women, but not low emotionality women or men, showed raised plasma oxytocin after hearing uncontrollable noise compared to controllable noise, whilst completing a memory task.

    “Indeed, high emotionality—or anxious—women, but not low emotionality women or men, showed raised plasma oxytocin after hearing noise through headphones that they could not control compared to noise that they could control, whilst completing a memory task (Sanders et al., 1990).”

    From Endogenous peripheral oxytocin measures can give insight into the dynamics of social relationships: a review (2014) · cites this paper as Sanders et al., 1990

  • Although rodent studies show oxytocin release in response to non-social stressors, few human or non-human primate studies have done so.

    “Indeed, although rodent studies show oxytocin release in response to non-social stressors (e.g., Wotjak et al., 1998), few human—or non-human primate—studies have done so (see Sanders et al., 1990).”

    From Endogenous peripheral oxytocin measures can give insight into the dynamics of social relationships: a review (2014) · cites this paper as Sanders et al., 1990

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Authors
Sanders, G.
Corresponding author
Sanders, G
Venue
Psychoneuroendocrinology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1990
Volume
15
Issue
1
Pages
47-58
ISSN
0306-4530 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/0306-4530(90)90046-c
OpenAlex
W1966530937
Cited by
86
References
22
Citations by year
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FWCI
0.74
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Psychoneuroendocrinology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Speech and Hearing › Noise Effects and Management
Keywords
oxytocin, vasopressin, psychological stress, emotionality, sex differences, plasma hormone levels, memory impairment, mood, noise exposure, stress response
MeSH terms
Adult, Affect, Emotions, Female, Humans, Memory, Middle Aged, Noise, Oxytocin, Stress, Psychological

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