Evidence that oxytocin is an endogenous stimulator of autonomic sympathetic preganglionics: The pupillary dilatation response to vaginocervical stimulation in the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 898, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 265-271

  Sansone, Giorgio R ^a   Komisaruk, Barry R ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Oxytocin; Pupillary dilatation; Rat; Spinal cord; Vaginocervical stimulation

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MYDRIASIS; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL REFLEX; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM; VAGINA EPITHELIUM;

ANIMALS; CERVIX UTERI; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; OXYTOCIN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PUPIL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPINAL CORD; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TIME FACTORS; VAGINA;

EID: 0035917853     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(01)02192-8     Document Type: Article

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