Effects of Affiliative Human–Animal Interaction on Dog Salivary and Plasma Oxytocin and Vasopressin

Oxytocin (OT) and vasopressin (AVP) are neuropeptides with diverse effects on social behavior, cognition and stress responses. Recent studies suggest that OT facilitates and responds to affiliative forms of human-animal interaction (HAI). However, previous studies measuring OT and AVP in dogs have b...

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Main Authors: MacLean, Evan L., Gesquiere, Laurence R., Gee, Nancy R., Levy, Kerinne, Martin, W. Lance, Carter, C. Sue
Other Authors: Univ Arizona, Sch Anthropol
Language:en
Published: FRONTIERS MEDIA SA 2017
Subjects:
dog
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/625989
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/625989