Release of vasopressin and oxytocin by excitatory amino acid agonists and the effect of antagonists on release by muscarine and hypertonic saline, in the rat in vivo

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 309-314

  Bisset, G W ^a   Fairhall, K M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Excitatory amino acid agonists and antagonists; Hypertonic saline; Muscarine; Neurohypophysis; Noradrenaline; Oxytocin; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; MUSCARINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; OXYTOCIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIDIURESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; URINARY EXCRETION; VASOPRESSIN RELEASE;

EID: 0030068404     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15192.x     Document Type: Article

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