Hippocampal microinfusion of oxytocin attenuates the behavioural response to stress by means of dynamic interplay with the glucocorticoid-catecholamine responses

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 889-904

  Cohen, Hagit ^a   Kaplan, Z ^a   Kozlovsky, N ^a   Gidron, Y ^b   Matar, M A ^a   Zohar, J ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Animal model; Anxiety; Catecholamines; Glucocorticoids; Oxytocin; Post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX; STRESS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MICROINJECTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATECHOLAMINES; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; STARTLE REACTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REFLEX, STARTLE;

EID: 77954730906     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2010.02003.x     Document Type: Article

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