A benzodiazepine, chlordiazepoxide, blocks vasopressin and oxytocin release after footshocks but not osmotic stimulus in the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-52

  Yagi, Kinji ^a   Onaka, Tatsushi ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine; Chlordiazepoxide; Noxious stimulus; Osmotic stimulus; Oxytocin; Rat; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; VASOPRESSIN RELEASE;

EID: 0030045511     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(95)12262-1     Document Type: Article

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