Cardiovascular effects of oxytocin

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 139, Issue , 2002, Pages 281-288

  Petersson, Maria ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alpha 2 adrenoreceptor; Blood pressure; Heart rate; Kidney

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYTOCIN;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MILK EJECTION; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 0036456155     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(02)39024-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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