Effects of stress and glucocorticoids on CNS oxytocin receptor binding

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 411-422

  Liberzon, Israel ^a,b   Young, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; I125 OVTA; In vitro autoradiography; Male rats

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HABITUATION; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; STRESS;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DOWN-REGULATION; DRUG IMPLANTS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0030800379     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(97)00045-0     Document Type: Article

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