Central administration of prolactin-releasing peptide stimulates oxytocin release in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 276, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 193-196

  Maruyama, Minoru ^a   Matsumoto, Hirokazu ^b   Fujiwara, Ken ^a   Noguchi, Jiro ^b   Kitada, Chieko ^b   Hinuma, Shuji ^b   Onda, Haruo ^b   Nishimura, Osamu ^b   Fujino, Masahiko ^b   Higuchi, Takashi ^c   Inoue, Kinji ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Pharmaceutical Discov Res Div T   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; Hypothalamus; Magnocellular neuron; Oxytocin; Prolactin releasing peptide; Rat; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PROLACTIN RELEASING FACTOR; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VASOPRESSIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; NEUROPEPTIDES; OXYTOCIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0032740866     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00831-9     Document Type: Article

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