Official websites use .gov
A
.gov website belongs to an official
government organization in the United States.
Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock (
) or https:// means you've safely
connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive
information only on official, secure websites.
Chronic stress exposure (“trauma”) led to enduring (i.e., during protracted abstinence) sensitization to subsequent stress-induced and stress-related cue-induced relapse to alcohol-seeking behavior, effects that were accompanied by changes in the hypothalamic oxytocin system. Systemic oxytocin administration blocked the sensitized relapse to stress-induced alcohol-seeking behavior.
