Oxytocin enhances the effects of clonidine on blood pressure and locomotor activity in rats

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-56

  Petersson, Maria ^a,b   Lundeberg, Thomas ^b   Uvnäs Moberg, Kerstin ^b,c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alpha 2 adrenoreceptor; Blood pressure; Clonidine; Idazoxan; Locomotor activity; Oxytocin; Phenylephrine

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CLONIDINE; IDAZOXAN; OXYTOCIN; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; HEART RATE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLONIDINE; DRUG SYNERGISM; HEART RATE; IDAZOXAN; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; LOCOMOTION; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXYTOCIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0033378533     PISSN: 01651838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1838(99)00061-2     Document Type: Article

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