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ReviewHeliyon2020

Perspectives of Pitocin administration on behavioral outcomes in the pediatric population: recent insights and future implications.

German Torres, Mervat Mourad, Joerg R Leheste

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Review in Heliyon, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Early-life oxytocin attenuates the social deficits induced by caesarean-section delivery in the mouse.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

German TorresDepartment of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Medaille College, Buffalo, New York USA.
Mervat MouradDepartment of Clinical Specialties, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, New York USA.
Joerg R LehesteDepartment of Biology, Anoka-Ramsey Community College, Coon Rapids, Minnesota USA.
Anoka-Ramsey Community College · USMedaille College · USYork University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oxytocin plays an important role in the regulation of parturition as this peptide hormone promotes uterine smooth muscle contractility in gravid women undergoing labor. Here, we review the impact of Pitocin administration on behavioral outcomes in the pediatric population. Pitocin is a synthetic preparation of oxytocin widely used in the obstetric practice for the management of labor and postpartum hemorrhage. We begin by tracing the neuroanatomy of oxytocin-containing cells from an evolutionary perspective and then summarize key findings on behavioral and neural activity reported from offspring dosed with Pitocin during vaginal delivery. Finally, we discuss future directions that are experimentally tractable for understanding the developmental consequences of Pitocin administration on a small but growing subset of children worldwide. Given that fetal past experiences can shape the future behavior of the adult, further work on oxytocin signaling pathways will provide valuable references and insights for early-brain development and state-dependent regulation of behavioral outcome.

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Behavioral neuroscienceBreathing behaviorCardiovascular functionCellular neuroscienceEpigenetic phenomenaEvolutionary biologyHealth professionMisfolded proteinsNeuroscienceOxytocin signalingSystems neuroscienceWomen's health

Identifiers

PMID32509991
PMCPMC7264063
OpenAlexW3029018705

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