No stress response of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis in parturient rats: Lack of involvement of brain oxytocin

Endocrinology

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2473-2479

  Neumann, Inga D ^a   Bosch, O J ^a   Toschi, N ^a   Torner, L ^a   Douglas, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BRAIN LEVEL; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; STRESS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AIR; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; OXYTOCIN; PARTURITION; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RATS; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0037846391     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2003-0037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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