Melatonin affects the oxytocin and prolactin responses to stress in male rats

Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 151-163

  Juszczak, Marlena ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

ACTH; Melatonin; Oxytocin; Prolactin; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; MELATONIN; OXYTOCIN; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; STRESS; WATER DEPRIVATION;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MELATONIN; OXYTOCIN; PINEAL GLAND; PITUITARY GLAND; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS;

EID: 0031972211     PISSN: 08675910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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