In adults with Parkinson's disease, a session of group singing was associated with a significant increase in the body's own oxytocin.
In plain wordsIn people with Parkinson's disease, the body's own oxytocin rose after group singing.
- Peptide
- Oxytocin
- Outcome
- IncreaseOxytocin change after group singing
- Study
n = 10
- Outcome group
- Social behavior and cognition · Endocrine and hormones
Source sentences
group singing was associated with greater overall social closeness and significant increases in oxytocin.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Twenty individuals living with PD were recruited from pre-existing community programs: ten from a weekly choir, and ten from a weekly yoga class.
We compared these activities through a biopsychosocial lens, including acute measurements of mood, social bonding, cortisol, and oxytocin before and after the group activity.
This result measures the body's own Oxytocin. Nobody was given the peptide. It is not evidence about taking it.