Central oxytocin administration reduces stress-induced corticosterone release and anxiety behavior in rats

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2829-2834

  Windle, R J ^a,b   Shanks, N ^a,b   Lightman, S L ^a,b   Ingram, C D ^a,b  

^a Dept Anat Sch Med Sci U   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; FEMALE; MAZE TEST; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REARING; WHITE NOISE;

EID: 0030924818     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.7.5255     Document Type: Article

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