Emotional stress triggers intrahypothalamic but not peripheral release of oxytocin in male rats

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 867-872

  Engelmann, Mario ^a,c   Ebner, K ^a   Landgraf, R ^a   Holsboer, F ^a   Wotjak, C T ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emotionality; Supraoptic nucleus; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; EMOTIONS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS, ANTERIOR; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; OXYTOCIN; POSTURE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0032725626     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1999.00403.x     Document Type: Article

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