Stress-induced pressor and corticosterone responses in oxytocin-deficient mice

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 549-557

  Bernatova, Iveta ^a,b   Rigatto, Katya V ^a,c   Key, Mary P ^a   Morris, Mariana ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CAROTID ARTERY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EXPOSURE; HEART RATE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRESSOR RESPONSE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STRESS; TIME; WILD TYPE;

EID: 4544302455     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2004.027714     Document Type: Article

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