Oxytocin actions within the supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei: Differential effects on peripheral and intranuclear vasopressin release

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 291, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Neumann, Inga D ^a   Torner, Luz ^a   Toschi, Nicola ^b   Veenema, Alexa H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dendritic release; Hypothalamo pituitary adrenal axis; Microdialysis; Plasma; Swim stress

Indexed keywords

HORMONE ANTAGONIST; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, INBRED WF; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 33745712614     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00763.2005     Document Type: Article

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