Maria Petersson

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Article: ANTHROZOOS. 2024;37(2):323-342

Influence of Interactive Behaviors Induced by a Therapy Dog and Her Handler on the Physiology of Residents in Nursing Homes: An Exploratory Study

Nilsson A; Lidfors L; Wichman A; Handlin L; Petersson M; Uvnas-Moberg K
Article: CURRENT OPINION IN BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES. 2022;43:159-166

Physiological effects induced by stimulation of cutaneous sensory nerves, with a focus on oxytocin

Moberg KU; Petersson M
Article: CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2022;96(1):54-61

Natural history and surgical outcome of Rathke's cleft cysts-A study from the Swedish Pituitary Registry

Petersson M; Berinder K; Engstrom BE; Tsatsaris E; Ekman B; Wahlberg J; Burman P; Borg H; Siesjo P; Dahlqvist P; Akerman A-K; Ragnarsson O; Olsson M; Forander P; Bensing S; Hoybye C
Article: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY. 2021;12:582823

Continuous Support Promotes Obstetric Labor Progress and Vaginal Delivery in Primiparous Women - A Randomized Controlled Study

Stjernholm YV; Charvalho PDS; Bergdahl O; Vladic T; Petersson M
Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM. 2020;105(8):dgaa291-2624

Excess Morbidity Persists in Patients With Cushing's Disease During Long-term Remission: A Swedish Nationwide Study

Papakokkinou E; Olsson DS; Chantzichristos D; Dahlqvist P; Segerstedt E; Olsson T; Petersson M; Berinder K; Bensing S; Hoybye C; Eden-Engstrom B; Burman P; Bonelli L; Follin C; Petranek D; Erfurth EM; Wahlberg J; Ekman B; Akerman A-K; Schwarcz E; Bryngelsson I-L; Johannsson G; Ragnarsson O
Article: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY. 2020;11:1906

Interacting With a Visiting Dog Increases Fingertip Temperature in Elderly Residents of Nursing Homes

Nilsson A; Handlin L; Lidfors L; Petersson M; Uvnas-Moberg K
Article: MEDICAL HYPOTHESES. 2019;133:109394

Oxytocin is a principal hormone that exerts part of its effects by active fragments

Moberg KU; Handlin L; Kendall-Tackett K; Petersson M
Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM. 2019;104(6):2375-2384

Overall and Disease-Specific Mortality in Patients With Cushing Disease: A Swedish Nationwide Study

Ragnarsson O; Olsson DS; Papakokkinou E; Chantzichristos D; Dahlqvist P; Segerstedt E; Olsson T; Petersson M; Berinder K; Bensing S; Hoybye C; Eden-Engstrom B; Burman P; Bonelli L; Follin C; Petranek D; Erfurth EM; Wahlberg J; Ekman B; Akerman A-K; Schwarcz E; Bryngelsson I-L; Johannsson G
Article: PITUITARY. 2019;22(2):179-186

The incidence of Cushing's disease: a nationwide Swedish study

Ragnarsson O; Olsson DS; Chantzichristos D; Papakokkinou E; Dahlqvist P; Segerstedt E; Olsson T; Petersson M; Berinder K; Bensing S; Hoybye C; Engstrom BE; Burman P; Bonelli L; Follin C; Petranek D; Erfurth EM; Wahlberg J; Ekman B; Akerman A-K; Schwarcz E; Bryngelsson I-L; Johannsson G
Article: ANTHROZOOS. 2018;31(5):567-576

The Effects of a Therapy Dog on the Blood Pressure and Heart Rate of Older Residents in a Nursing Home

Handlin L; Nilsson A; Lidfors L; Petersson M; Uvnaes-Moberg K
Article: PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY. 2017;81:1-7

Insulin and glucagon in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid in suicide attempters and healthy controls

Bendix M; Uvnas-Moberg K; Petersson M; Kaldo V; Asberg M; Jokinen J
Article: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY. 2017;8:1796

Oxytocin and Cortisol Levels in Dog Owners and Their Dogs Are Associated with Behavioral Patterns: An Exploratory Study

Petersson M; Uvnas-Moberg K; Nilsson A; Gustafson L-L; Hydbring-Sandberg E; Handlin L
Article: PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY. 2015;57:102-110

Plasma oxytocin and personality traits in psychiatric outpatients

Bendix M; Uvnas-Moberg K; Petersson M; Gustavsson P; Svanborg P; Asberg M; Jokinen J
Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM. 2015;100(4):1689-1698

Long-Term Outcome and MGMT as a Predictive Marker in 24 Patients With Atypical Pituitary Adenomas and Pituitary Carcinomas Given Treatment With Temozolomide

Bengtsson D; Schroder HD; Andersen M; Maiter D; Berinder K; Rasmussen UF; Rasmussen AK; Johannsson G; Hoybye C; van der Lely AJ; Petersson M; Ragnarsson O; Burman P
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2012;167(5):697-703

Effects on insulin sensitivity and body composition of combination therapy with GH and IGF1 in GH deficient adults with type 2 diabetes

Barner C; Petersson M; Engstrom BE; Hoybye C
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2012;101(7):779-783

Depressed adolescents in a case-series were low in vitamin D and depression was ameliorated by vitamin D supplementation

Hogberg G; Gustafsson SA; Hallstrom T; Gustafsson T; Klawitter B; Petersson M
Article: BREASTFEEDING MEDICINE. 2012;7(2):93-99

Influence of Common Birth Interventions on Maternal Blood Pressure Patterns During Breastfeeding 2 Days After Birth

Handlin L; Jonas W; Ransjo-Arvidson A-B; Petersson M; Uvnas-Moberg K; Nissen E
Article: BREASTFEEDING MEDICINE. 2009;4(4):207-220

Effects of Sucking and Skin-to-Skin Contact on Maternal ACTH and Cortisol Levels During the Second Day Postpartum-Influence of Epidural Analgesia and Oxytocin in the Perinatal Period

Handlin L; Jonas W; Petersson M; Ejdeback M; Ransjo-Arvidson A-B; Nissen E; Uvnas-Moberg K
Article: REGULATORY PEPTIDES. 2008;150(1-3):50-54

Opposite effects of oxytocin on proliferation of osteosarcoma cell lines

Petersson M
Article: NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS. 2008;440(2):166-169

Postnatal oxytocin treatment of spontaneously hypertensive male rats decreases blood pressure and body weight in adulthood

Petersson M; Uvnas-Moberg K
Article: PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY. 2007;32(8-10):959-965

Effects of an acute stressor on blood pressure and heart rate in rats pretreated with intracerebroventricular oxytocin injections

Petersson M; Uvnas-Moberg K
Article: HORMONE AND METABOLIC RESEARCH. 2007;39(8):589-595

Plasma galanin, vasopressin, and oxytocin in patients with Addison's disease

Grenback E; Hulting A-L; Bucht E; Petersson M
Article: OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CARTILAGE. 2006;14(7):652-659

Effects of arginine-vasopressin and parathyrold hormone-related protein (1-34) on cell proliferation and production of YKL-40 in cultured chondrocytes from patients with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis

Petersson M; Bucht E; Granberg B; Stark A
Article: PEPTIDES. 2005;26(9):1661-1666

The effects of arg-vasopressin on osteoblast-like cells in endothelial nitric oxide synthase-knockout mice and their wild type counterparts

Lagumdzija A; Pernow Y; Bucht E; Gonon A; Petersson M
Article: MATURITAS. 2005;51(4):426-433

Oxytocin decreases corticosterone and nociception and increases motor activity in OVX rats

Petersson M; Eklund M; Uvnäs-Moberg K
Article: BRAIN RESEARCH. 2005;1049(2):234-239

Oxytocin increases the density of high affinity α₂-adrenoceptors within the hypothalamus, the amygdala and the nucleus of the solitary tract in ovariectomized rats

Petersson M; Diaz-Cabiale Z; Narváez JA; Fuxe K; Uvnäs-Moberg K
Article: AUTONOMIC NEUROSCIENCE-BASIC & CLINICAL. 2005;120(1-2):73-79

Massage-like stroking influences plasma levels of gastrointestinal hormones, including insulin, and increases weight gain in male rats.

Holst S; Lund I; Petersson M; Uvnäs-Moberg K
Article: PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR. 2004;83(3):475-481

Prolyl-leucyl-glycinamide shares some effects with oxytocin but decreases oxytocin levels

Petersson M; Uvnäs-Moberg K
Article: REGULATORY PEPTIDES. 2004;121(1-3):41-48

Arg-vasopressin increases proliferation of human osteoblast-like cells and decreases production of interleukin-6 and macrophage colony-stimulating factor

Lagumdzija A; Bucht E; Stark A; Hulting AL; Petersson M
Article: ACTA PHYSIOLOGICA. 2004;182(1):29-35

Inhibited anabolic effect of insulin-like growth factor-I on stromal bone marrow cells in endothelial nitric oxide synthase-knockout mice

Lagumdzija A; Ou G; Petersson M; Bucht E; Gonon A; Pernow Y
Article: GROWTH HORMONE & IGF RESEARCH. 2003;13(6):322-327

Peptides associated with hyperphagia in adults with Prader-Willi syndrome before and during GH treatment

Höybye C; Barkeling B; Espelund U; Petersson M; Thorén M
Article: NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS. 2003;343(2):97-100

Systemic oxytocin treatment modulates glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptor mRNA in the rat hippocampus

Petersson M; Uvnäs-Moberg K
Article: REGULATORY PEPTIDES. 2002;108(2-3):83-87

Oxytocin decreases plasma levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone and thyroid hormones in rats

Petersson M
Article: AUTONOMIC NEUROSCIENCE-BASIC & CLINICAL. 2002;99(2):85-90

Postnatal oxytocin treatment and postnatal stroking of rats reduce blood pressure in adulthood

Holst S; Uvnäs-Moberg K; Petersson M
Article: PEPTIDES. 2002;23(6):1121-1126

Oxytocin stimulates proliferation of human osteoblast-like cells

Petersson M; Lagumdzija A; Stark A; Bucht E
Article: PEPTIDES. 2001;22(9):1479-1484

Oxytocin decreases carrageenan induced inflammation in rats

Petersson M; Wiberg U; Lundeberg T; Uvnäs-Moberg K
Article: BRAIN RESEARCH. 2000;887(2):421-425

Systemic oxytocin treatment modulates α2-adrenoceptors in telencephalic and diencephalic regions of the rat

Díaz-Cabiale Z; Petersson M; Narváez JA; Uvnäs-Moberg K; Fuxe K
Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY. 2000;12(12):1167-1173

Antagonistic Oxytocin/α₂-adrenoreceptor interactions in the nucleus tractus solitarii:: Relevance for central cardiovascular control

Díaz-Cabiale Z; Narváez JA; Garrido R; Petersson M; Uvnäs-Moberg K; Fuxe K
Article: NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY. 2000;71(3):209-218

Oxytocin/alpha₂-adrenoceptor interactions in feeding responses

Díaz-Cabiale Z; Narváez JA; Petersson M; Uvnäs-Moberg K; Fuxe K
Article: JOURNAL OF THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM. 1999;78(1):49-56

Oxytocin enhances the effects of clonidine on blood pressure and locomotor activity in rats

Petersson M; Lundeberg T; Uvnäs-Moberg K
Article: NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS. 1999;264(1-3):41-44

Oxytocin causes a sustained decrease in plasma levels of corticosterone in rats

Petersson M; Hulting AL; Uvnäs-Moberg K
Article: NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY. 1999;69(3):202-208

Long-term changes in gastrin, cholecystokinin and insulin in response to oxytocin treatment

Petersson M; Hulting AL; Andersson R; Uvnäs-Moberg K
Article: JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR PHARMACOLOGY. 1999;33(1):102-108

Short-term increase and long-term decrease of blood pressure in response to oxytocin-potentiating effect of female steroidal hormones

Petersson M; Lundeberg T; Uvnäs-Moberg K
Article: NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS. 1998;255(2):115-118

Oxytocin increases locus coeruleus alpha 2-adrenoreceptor responsiveness in rats

Petersson M; Uvnäs-Moberg K; Erhardt S; Engberg G
Article: NAUNYN-SCHMIEDEBERGS ARCHIVES OF PHARMACOLOGY. 1998;357(6):701-704

Oxytocin increases the survival of musculocutaneous flaps

Petersson M; Lundeberg T; Sohlström A; Wiberg U; Uvnäs-Moberg K
Article: PEDIATRIC RESEARCH. 1998;43(3):344-348

Postnatal oxytocin injections cause sustained weight gain and increased nociceptive thresholds in male and female rats

Uvnäs-Moberg K; Alster P; Petersson M; Sohlström A; Björkstrand E
Article: BRAIN RESEARCH BULLETIN. 1998;45(3):301-305

Steroid dependent effects of oxytocin on spontaneous motor activity in female rats

Petersson M; Ahlenius S; Wiberg U; Alster P; Uvnäs-Moberg K
Article: JOURNAL OF THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM. 1997;66(1-2):15-18

Oxytocin decreases blood pressure in male but not in female spontaneously hypertensive rats

Petersson M; Lundeberg T; UvnasMoberg K
Article: PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR. 1996;60(5):1311-1315

Oxytocin causes a long-term decrease of blood pressure in female and male rats

Petersson M; Alster P; Lundeberg T; UvnasMoberg K
Article: NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS. 1996;212(2):87-90

Oxytocin increases nociceptive thresholds in a long-term perspective in female and male rats

Petersson M; Alster P; Lundeberg T; UvnasMoberg K
Article: INTEGRATIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE. 1996;31(1):44-55

Dissociation of oxytocin effects on body weight in two variants of female Sprague-Dawley rats

UvnasMoberg K; Alster P; Petersson M
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Editorial comment: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY. 2022;13:929741

Sensory Stimulation and Oxytocin: Their Roles in Social Interaction and Health Promotion

Uvnaes Moberg K; Julius H; Handlin L; Petersson M
Review: PITUITARY. 2021;24(5):797-809

Prevalence of Nelson's syndrome after bilateral adrenalectomy in patients with cushing's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Papakokkinou E; Piasecka M; Carlsen HK; Chantzichristos D; Olsson DS; Dahlqvist P; Petersson M; Berinder K; Bensing S; Hoybye C; Engstrom BE; Burman P; Follin C; Petranek D; Erfurth EM; Wahlberg J; Ekman B; Akerman A-K; Schwarcz E; Johannsson G; Falhammar H; Ragnarsson O
Review: INFANT BEHAVIOR & DEVELOPMENT. 2020;61:101482

Neuroendocrine mechanisms involved in the physiological effects caused by skin-to-skin contact - With a particular focus on the oxytocinergic system

Moberg KU; Handlin L; Petersson M
Letter: ENDOCRINE. 2018;62(3):737-739

Tumoral MGMT content predicts survival in patients with aggressive pituitary tumors and pituitary carcinomas given treatment with temozolomide

Bengtsson D; Schroder HD; Berinder K; Maiter D; Hoybye C; Ragnarsson O; Feldt-Rasmussen U; Rasmussen AK; van der Lely A; Petersson M; Johannsson G; Andersen M; Burman P
Corrigendum: PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY. 2018;94:168

Insulin and glucagon in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid in suicide attempters and healthy controls (vol 81, pg 1, 2017)

Bendix M; Uvnas-Moberg K; Petersson M; Kaldo V; Asberg M; Jokinen J
Review: BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENERAL SUBJECTS. 2017;1861(1):3071-3084

Oxytocin, a main breastfeeding hormone, prevents hypertension acquired in utero: A therapeutics preview

Vargas-Martinez F; Schanler RJ; Abrams SA; Hawthorne KM; Landers S; Guzman-Barcenas J; Munoz O; Henriksen T; Petersson M; Uvnas-Moberg K; Jimenez-Estrada I
Review: PROGRESS IN NEUROBIOLOGY. 2014;123:37-78

Neuropeptides as neuroprotective agents: Oxytocin a forefront developmental player in the mammalian brain

Vargas-Martinez F; Uvnas-Moberg K; Petersson M; Olausson HA; Jimenez-Estrada I
Review: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY. 2014;5:1529

Self-soothing behaviors with particular reference to oxytocin release induced by non-noxious sensory stimulation

Uvnas-Moberg K; Handlin L; Petersson M
Review: ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PSYCHOSOMATISCHE MEDIZIN UND PSYCHOTHERAPIE. 2005;51(1):57-80

Oxytocin, a mediator of anti-stress, well-being, social interaction, growth and healing

Uvnäs-Moberg K; Petersson M
Review: NEUROSCIENCE FOR ADDICTION MEDICINE: FROM PREVENTION TO REHABILITATION - CONSTRUCTS AND DRUGS. 2002;139:281-288

Cardiovascular effects of oxytocin

Petersson M

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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, 2014-2026

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Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2004
Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, 1999
University Medical Degree, Karolinska Institutet, 1996

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