Chronic gestational cocaine treatment decreases oxytocin levels in the medial preoptic area, ventral tegmental area and hippocampus in Sprague- Dawley rats

Neuropeptides

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 439-443

  Johns, J M ^a   Lubin, D A ^a   Walker, C H ^a   Meter, K E ^a   Mason, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; OXYTOCIN;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030844204     PISSN: 01434179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-4179(97)90037-8     Document Type: Article

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