Oxytocin functions outside pregnancy;Oxytocinfunktionen außerhalb der schwangerschaft

Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 844-849

  Lippert, T H ^a   Seeger, H ^a   Mueck, A O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; C PEPTIDE; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GLUCAGON; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; NEUROPHYSIN; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN;

ANXIETY DISORDER; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEPRESSION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOPHYSIS; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; LABOR; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; MILK EJECTION; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; REVIEW; SODIUM ABSORPTION; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

EID: 27144547173     PISSN: 00165751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-865701     Document Type: Review

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