Neural nitric oxide gene inactivation affects the release profile of oxytocin into the blood in response to forced swimming

Nitric Oxide - Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 64-70

  Orlando, G F ^a   Langnaese, K ^a   Landgraf, R ^b   Spina, M G ^a   Wolf, G ^a   Engelmann, M ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forced swimming; Hypothalamus; Knock out; Nitric oxide; Oxytocin; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; GENE INACTIVATION; GENOTYPE; HYPOTHALAMUS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE SILENCING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; OXYTOCIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SWIMMING;

EID: 33751400344     PISSN: 10898603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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