Associations of intrapartum synthetic oxytocin administration with reduced neonatal salivary oxytocin levels and altered sucking patterns
Intrapartum OXT did not significantly affect maternal OXT but was associated with reduced neonatal salivary OXT and weaker sucking patterns, suggesting that exogenous OXT interferes with neonatal OXT regulation and early feeding.
Authors
- Yukifumi Ochiai
- Machiko Omaru
- Setsu Kajiwara
- Sumiko Kuroishi
- Eri Wakamatsu
- Fuka Fujita
- Seiichi Morokuma
Institutions
- Kyushu University (JP)
- Kyushu University Hospital (JP)
- Pigeon (Japan) (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Early Human Development
- Published
- 2026-03-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2026.106539
- Primary Topic
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00