Vascular effects of oxytocin on human middle cerebral artery determined by transcranial Doppler sonography

Regulatory Peptides

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-39

  Stolz Born, G ^a   Widder, B ^b   Born, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood flow velocity; Cerebral blood flow; Oxytocin; Pulsatility index; Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

NEUROHYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; OXYTOCIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTANCE BLOOD VESSEL; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0029865862     PISSN: 01670115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-0115(95)00168-9     Document Type: Article

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