Oxytocin Causes a Long-Term Decrease of Blood Pressure in Female and Male Rats

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

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Medicine, Neuroscience, Pharmacology +7

Different patterns of oxytocin, prolactin but not cortisol release during breastfeeding in women delivered by Caesarean section or by the vaginal route

Eva Nissen, Kerstin Uvnäs‐Moberg, Kristin Svensson et al. · Early Human Development · 1996 · 217 citations

Medicine, Endocrinology, Obstetrics +17

The antinociceptive effect of non‐noxious sensory stimulation is mediated partly through oxytocinergic mechanisms

K. UVNÄS‐MOBERG, G. BRUZELIUS, Pawel Alster et al. · Acta Physiologica Scandinavica · 1993 · 195 citations

Life Sciences, Neuroscience, Pharmacology +17

Differential Clearance of Neurophysin and Neurohypophysial Peptides from the Cerebrospinal Fluid in Conscious Guinea Pigs

Peter M. Jones, Iain C.A.F. Robinson · Neuroendocrinology · 2008 · 149 citations

Life Sciences, Neuroscience, Pharmacokinetics +9

Suckling-Induced Attenuation of Plasma Cortisol Concentrations in Postpartum Lactating Women

Janet A. Amico, Jann M. Johnston, Anthony H. Vagnucci · Endocrine Research · 1994 · 142 citations

Agriculture, Endocrinology, Nutrition +17