Gonadal steroid modulation of stress-induced hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal activity and anxiety behavior: Role of central oxytocin

Endocrinology

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2423-2431

  Windle, Richard J ^a,d   Gamble, Lisa E ^b   Kershaw, Yvonne M ^b   Wood, Susan A ^b   Lightman, Stafford L ^b   Ingram, Colin D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; HORMONE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MESSENGER RNA; ORNITHINE; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HORMONAL THERAPY; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAZE TEST; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; ZONA INCERTA;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIGANDS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; OXYTOCIN; PITUITARY GLAND; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RNA, MESSENGER; STEROIDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645846953     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2005-1079     Document Type: Article

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