Decreases in arterial pressure activate oxytocin neurons in conscious rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 4 42-4, 1997, Pages

  Schiltz, Jennifer C ^a   Huffman, Gloria E ^a,b   Stricker, Edward M ^a   Sved, Alan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorisondamine; Fos; Supraoptic nucleus; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

CHLORISONDAMINE; HYDRALAZINE; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTENSION; HYPOVOLEMIA; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030661690     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.273.4.r1474     Document Type: Article

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