Opposing effects of intracerebroventricularly injected norepinephrine on oxytocin and vasopressin neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 244, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-16

  Ji, Yaping ^a   Mei, Jun ^a   Lu, Shaogang ^a  

^a XI'AN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Norepinephrine; Oxytocin; Paraventricular nucleus; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GIANT CELL; HORMONE ACTION; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; METARAMINOL; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; OXYTOCIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0032489341     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00117-7     Document Type: Article

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