Affiliative behavior attenuates stress responses of GI tract via up-regulating hypothalamic oxytocin expression

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-33

  Babygirija, Reji ^a,b   Cerjak, Diana ^a,b   Yoshimoto, Sazu ^a,b   Gribovskaja Rupp, Irena ^a,b   Bülbül, Mehmet ^a,b   Ludwig, Kirk ^a,b   Takahashi, Toku ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Corticotropin releasing factor (CRF); Hypothalamus pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CHRONIC STRESS; COLD RESTRAINT STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STOMACH EMPTYING; STRESS; UPREGULATION; WATER AVOIDANCE STRESS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DOWN-REGULATION; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OXYTOCIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84862791136     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: 18727484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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