The effects of melatonin on vasopressin secretion in vivo: Interactions with acetylcholine and prostaglandins

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 457-461

  Bojanowska, Ewa ^a,b   Forsling, Mary L ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Atropine; Ibuprofen; Melatonin; Oxytocin; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ATROPINE; IBUPROFEN; MELATONIN; OXYTOCIN; PINEAL BODY HORMONE; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; VASOPRESSIN RELEASE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MELATONIN; PROSTAGLANDINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0030939324     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(96)00372-3     Document Type: Article

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