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Plasma concentrations of prolactin, noradrenaline, vasopressin and oxytocin during and after a prolonged epileptic seizure.

Meierkord H, Shorvon S, Lightman SL

Acta neurologica Scandinavica1 Aug 1994Cited by 56 (Europe PMC)

PMID7801741 (opens in a new tab)DOI10.1111/j.1600-0404.1994.tb02682.x (opens in a new tab)PepBankPUB-07801741
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Summary

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Results from this study2

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Natural levels measured2

These results measure the body's own peptide. Nobody was given the peptide. They are not evidence about taking it. They are left out of key results, evidence counts and charts.

  1. 01HumanEndogenous levelCase report or seriesOther

    In a patient with a prolonged temporal lobe seizure, the body's own plasma oxytocin was low during the aura and rose rapidly during generalisation.

    In plain wordsIn one patient with a long seizure, natural oxytocin levels stayed low at first and then rose quickly when the seizure spread.

    Peptide
    Oxytocin
    Outcome
    IncreasePlasma oxytocin during seizure evolution
    Study

    n = 1

    Outcome group
    Hormone levels · Nervous system and cognition

    Source sentences

    Summary
    The concentrations of vasopressin, oxytocin and noradrenaline remained low during the aura, but rapidly increased during the phase of generalisation.
    1 context sentence
    Summary · context
    The time course and extent of changes in plasma prolactin, noradrenaline, vasopressin and oxytocin levels is reported following serial observations of a prolonged epileptic seizure arising in the temporal lobe, recorded by video-EEG-telemetry, in which the epileptic activity evolved from a simple pa…

    This result measures the body's own Oxytocin. Nobody was given the peptide. It is not evidence about taking it.

  2. 02HumanEndogenous levelCase report or seriesOther

    In a patient with a prolonged seizure, plasma oxytocin peaked during the phase of generalised convulsion.

    In plain wordsIn one patient, the body's own oxytocin peaked during the generalised convulsion phase of a long seizure.

    Peptide
    Oxytocin
    Outcome
    IncreaseTiming of peak plasma oxytocin
    Study

    n = 1

    Outcome group
    Hormone levels · Nervous system and cognition

    Source sentences

    Summary
    The oxytocin and noradrenaline levels peaked during the phase of generalised convulsion, but the vasopressin levels peaked well into the post ictal phase, and remained high for several hours.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
    1 context sentence
    Summary · context
    The time course and extent of changes in plasma prolactin, noradrenaline, vasopressin and oxytocin levels is reported following serial observations of a prolonged epileptic seizure arising in the temporal lobe, recorded by video-EEG-telemetry, in which the epileptic activity evolved from a simple pa…

    This result measures the body's own Oxytocin. Nobody was given the peptide. It is not evidence about taking it.

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  1. Version 2Current

    11 Oct 2026, 20:03 UTC

    Study results updated

  2. Version 1

    9 Oct 2026, 02:52 UTC

    First added · source update from Europe PMC

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