Oxytocin revisited: It is also a cardiovascular hormone

Journal of the American Society of Hypertension

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 318-325

  Gutkowska, Jolanta ^a   Jankowski, Marek ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

cardiomyogenesis; heart; natriuretic peptides; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GLYCINE; LYSINE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CHRONOTROPISM; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FETUS HEART; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART PROTECTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; NATRIURESIS; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; TARGET CELL; VASODILATATION;

EID: 51649102252     PISSN: 19331711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jash.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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