Central oxytocin is involved in restoring impaired gastric motility following chronic repeated stress in mice

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 298, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Babygirija, Reji ^a   Zheng, Jun ^a   Ludwig, Kirk ^a   Takahashi, Toku ^a  

^a CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Chronic stress; Corticotropin releasing factor; Hypothalamus pituitary adrenal axis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN ANTAGONIST;

ACUTE STRESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTRIC DYSMOTILITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH MUSCLE; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; OXYTOCIN; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 73549107202     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00328.2009     Document Type: Article

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