Inhibitory effect of oxytocin on accelerated colonic motility induced by water-avoidance stress in rats

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Matsunaga, M ^a,b   Konagaya, T ^c   Nogimori, T ^d   Yoneda, M ^b   Kasugai, K ^b   Ohira, H ^e   Kaneko, H ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Department of Internal Medicine   (Japan)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colonic motility; Corticotropin releasing factor; Oxytocin; Water avoidance stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLON MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; DESCENDING COLON; FORCE TRANSDUCER; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; COLON; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; OXYTOCIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 68249153377     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2009.01286.x     Document Type: Article

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