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Interactions of angiotensin IV and oxytocin on behaviour in mice
Author(s) -
Paul R. Gard,
Pauline Daw,
Zhila Sayyad Mashhour,
Paula Tran
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1752-8976
pISSN - 1470-3203
DOI - 10.3317/jraas.2007.016
Subject(s) - oxytocin , learned helplessness , endocrinology , endogeny , medicine , behavioural despair test , angiotensin ii , in vivo , psychology , antidepressant , receptor , developmental psychology , biology , hippocampus , microbiology and biotechnology
Angiotensin (Ang) IV enhances learning and memory in rats but there are strain differences in its effects in mice. Oxytocin (OT) also influences learning and memory in rats and mice and, in the light of the proposed effects of Ang IV on oxytocinase, the hypothesis that the effects of Ang IV on cognition in mice involve OT was tested.

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