Steroid Dependent Effects of Oxytocin on Spontaneous Motor Activity in Female Rats

Plasma Concentration of LH, FSH, Prolactin, Progesterone and Estradiol-17β Throughout the 4-Day Estrous Cycle of the Rat

R. L. Butcher, William E. Collins, N. W. Fugo · Endocrinology · 1974 · 1.3K citations

Life Sciences, Animal Sciences, Endocrinology +13

Induction of maternal behavior in virgin rats after intracerebroventricular administration of oxytocin

Cort A. Pedersen, Arthur J. Prange · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1979 · 837 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Animal Sciences, Physiology +16

An Anxiolytic Action of Oxytocin is Enhanced by Estrogen in the Mouse

Margaret M. McCarthy, CHRISTELLE H MCDONALD, Philip J. Brooks et al. · Physiology & Behavior · 1996 · 330 citations

Medicine, Endocrinology, Neuroscience +10

High doses of oxytocin cause sedation and low doses cause an anxiolytic-like effect in male rats

Kerstin Uvnäs‐Moberg, S. Ahlenius, Viveka Hillegaart et al. · Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior · 1994 · 258 citations

Medicine, Neuroscience, Pharmacology +7

Oxytocin facilitates the sexual receptivity of estrogen-treated female rats

Jack D. Caldwell, Arthur J. Prange, Cort A. Pedersen · Neuropeptides · 1986 · 228 citations

Medicine, Endocrinology, Physiology +11