Postnatal oxytocin injections cause sustained weight gain and increased nociceptive thresholds in male and female rats

Pediatric Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 344-348

  Uvnäs Moberg, Kerstin ^a,b   Alster, Pawel ^b   Petersson, Maria ^c   Sohlström, Annica ^b   Björkstrand, Eva ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTOKININ; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; OXYTOCIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TAIL FLICK TEST; WEIGHT GAIN; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

EID: 0344447076     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199803000-00006     Document Type: Article

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