Vaginocervical stimulation enhances social recognition memory in rats via oxytocin release in the olfactory bulb

Neuroscience

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 585-593

  Larrazolo Lopez A ^a   Kendrick, K M ^b   Aburto Arciniega, M ^a   Arriaga Avila V ^a   Morimoto, S ^c   Frias, M ^a   Guevara Guzman R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

memory; menstrual cycle; noradrenaline antagonist; olfactory system; vagus nerve; VCS

Indexed keywords

ATOSIBAN; NORADRENALIN; OXYTOCIN; PHENTOLAMINE; PROPRANOLOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MICRODIALYSIS; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; OLFACTORY BULB; OVARY CYCLE; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PELVIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULATION; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA; VAGUS NERVE;

ADRENERGIC ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; CERVIX UTERI; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMORY; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NOREPINEPHRINE; OLFACTORY BULB; OXYTOCIN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SMELL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VAGINA; VAGUS NERVE; VISCERAL AFFERENTS;

EID: 41049110388     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.01.024     Document Type: Article

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