Hypothalamic oxytocin mediates adaptation mechanism against chronic stress in rats

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 299, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Zheng, Jun ^a   Babygirija, Reji ^a   Bülbül, Mehmet ^a   Cerjak, Diana ^a   Ludwig, Kirk ^a   Takahashi, Toku ^a  

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

Author keywords

Chronic heterotypic stress; Chronic homotypic stress; Corticotropin releasing factor; Hypothalamus pituitary adrenal axis; Paraventricular nucleus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN ANTAGONIST; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIC AGENT; TOCINOIC ACID;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME INDUCTION; GASTRIC DYSMOTILITY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOMACH EMPTYING; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; WATER DEPRIVATION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BRAIN; BRAIN LEVEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYTOLOGY; EXERCISE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHRONIC DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77957334899     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00483.2009     Document Type: Article

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