Effects of central oxytocin receptor blockade on water and saline intake, mean arterial pressure, and c-Fos expression in rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 285, Issue 6 54-6, 2003, Pages

  Fitts, Douglas A ^a   Thornton, Simon N ^b,e   Ruhf, Alexandra A ^a   Zierath, Dannielle K ^a   Johnson, Alan Kim ^b,c,d   Thunhorst, Robert L ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b E11 SSH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Salt appetite

Indexed keywords

8 ORNITHINE VASOTOCIN; ANGIOTENSIN; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN ANTAGONIST; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN C FOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUID INTAKE; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SALT INTAKE; STIMULATION;

EID: 0344851939     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00254.2003     Document Type: Article

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