Oxytocin promotes functional coupling between paraventricular nucleus and both sympathetic and parasympathetic cardioregulatory nuclei

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 80, Issue , 2016, Pages 82-91

  Yee, Jason R ^a,b   Kenkel, William M ^a,b   Frijling, Jessie L ^c   Dodhia, Sonam ^d   Onishi, Kenneth G ^e   Tovar, Santiago ^f   Saber, Maha J ^g   Lewis, Gregory F ^h   Liu, Wensheng ⁱ   Porges, Stephen W ^b,h   Carter, C Sue ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^g CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

ⁱ NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem; c Fos; Oxytocin; Paraventricular nucleus; Prairie vole; Stress

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PROTEIN C FOS;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; FEMALE; GROOMING; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; PARASYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REARING; ROSTRAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; VAGUS NERVE DORSAL NUCLEUS; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL; AROUSAL; ARVICOLINAE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; HEART; HEART RATE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INNERVATION; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; ARVICOLINAE; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OXYTOCIN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84958279440     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.01.010     Document Type: Article

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