Brain oxytocin inhibits the (re)activity of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis in male rats: Involvement of hypothalamic and limbic brain regions

Regulatory Peptides

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 31-38

  Neumann, Inga D ^a   Krömer, Simone A ^a   Toschi, Nicola ^a   Ebner, Karl ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ACTH; Amygdala; Oxytocin receptor antagonist; Paraventricular nucleus; Septum; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN ANTAGONIST; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SWIMMING;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; ORNIPRESSIN; OXYTOCIN; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; STRESS; SWIMMING;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0034704444     PISSN: 01670115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-0115(00)00197-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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