Quiet wakefulness: The influence of intraperitoneal and intranasal oxytocin on sleep-wake behaviour and neurophysiology in rats.

Joel S RaymondNicholas A EverettAnand GururajanMichael T Bowen

Published in: Sleep (2023)

These findings help reconcile competing hypotheses of oxytocin-induced effects on sleep-wake behaviour: i.p. oxytocin promotes quiet wakefulness-a state of restful environmental awareness compatible with both oxytocin's anxiolytic effects and its enhancement of processing complex stimuli.

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physical activity
sleep quality
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