An activation of parvocellular oxytocinergic neurons in the paraventricular nucleus in oxytocin-induced yawning and penile erection

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 269-275

  Kita, Ichiro ^a,b   Yoshida, Yasushi ^a   Nishino, Seiji ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

c FOS; Immunohistochemistry; Oxytocin; Penile erection; Yawning

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM CHLORIDE; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; YAWNING;

ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; NEURONS; OXYTOCIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PENILE ERECTION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; YAWNING;

EID: 33644866236     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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