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Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 1984; 84(6): 331-337
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1210407
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The Hypothalamic and Neurohypophysial Oxytocic Activities in Stressed Rats: Independence from Beta-Adrenergic Blockade1)

J. W. Guzek, S. Olczak, Bożena Stempniak
  • Department of Pathophysiology (Head: Prof. Dr. hab. med. J. W. Guzek), University School of Medicine, Łodż/Poland
1) Conducted under contract No. 10.4.04.9 with the Polish Academy of Sciences. Presented at the 8th Congress of the Polish Pharmacological Society, September 26—28, 1983, Warsaw; Abstracts, No. 207.
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1984

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17 July 2009 (online)

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Summary

A distinct decrease of oxytocin was found in the hypothalamus of immobilized rats but not of those exposed to cold. Similarly, the content of oxytocin was lower in the neurohypophysis of rats immobilized for 24 hr but, on the contrary, increased in animals exposed to cold for 24 hr. Propranolol did not modify the mentioned changes brought about by immobilization or exposure to cold.

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Oxytocin - stress - beta-adrenergic blockade - propranolol

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