Evidence that oxytocin exerts anxiolytic effects via oxytocin receptor expressed in serotonergic neurons in mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2259-2271

  Yoshida, Masahide ^a   Takayanagi, Yuki ^b   Inoue, Kiyoshi ^c   Kimura, Tadashi ^d   Young, Larry J ^c   Onaka, Tatsushi ^b   Nishimori, Katsuhiko ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anxiety related behavior; Autism; Depression; Dopamine; Oxytocin; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2A ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN 2C ANTAGONIST; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RECEPTOR GENE; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRAIN; CHIMERA; FEMALE; GENE KNOCK-IN TECHNIQUES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OXYTOCIN; RAPHE NUCLEI; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2A; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; SEROTONIN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 60849097575     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5593-08.2009     Document Type: Article

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