Increased plasma levels of oxytocin in response to afferent electrical stimulation of the sciatic and vagal nerves and in response to touch and pinch in anaesthetized rats

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 29-34

  STOCK, S ^a   UVNAS MOBERG K ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

electrical nerve stimulation; nociceptive stimuli; plasma levels of oxytocin; sciatic activation; touch; vagal activation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE STIMULATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; NOCICEPTORS; OXYTOCIN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SCIATIC NERVE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0023911069     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: 1365201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.1988.tb08294.x     Document Type: Article

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