Journal article
Oxytocin in Alzheimer's disease: postmortem brain levels.
Abstract
Oxytocin (OXY) injected into the hippocampus is reported to interfere with the formation of memory in experimental animals. Memory impairment is one of the distinguishing features of Alzheimer's disease. We have studied OXY immunoreactivity in postmortem brain tissue from 12 cases of histologically confirmed Alzheimer's disease and 13 controls. OXY concentration was increased 33% in the hippocampus and temporal cortex of Alzheimer brains (p …
Authors
Mazurek MF; Beal MF; Bird ED; Martin JB
Journal
Neurology, Vol. 37, No. 6, pp. 1001–1003
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
June 1987
DOI
10.1212/wnl.37.6.1001
ISSN
0028-3878