Interaction between oestrogen and oxytocin on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 189-197

  Ochedalski, T ^a,c   Subburaju, S ^a   Wynn, P C ^b   Aguilera, Greti ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

ACTH; Corticosterone; Corticotrophin releasing factor (CRF); Oestrogen; Oxytocin; Restraint stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; OXYTOCIN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; OXYTOCIN; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33846850228     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2006.01525.x     Document Type: Article

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