title: Oxytocin increases and a specific oxytocin antagonist decreases pain threshold in male rats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uvnäs-Moberg
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bruzelius
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Alster
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bileviciute
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lundeberg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008297:Male; D009619:Nociceptors / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000502:physiology; D010146:Pain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012684:Sensory Thresholds / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D014668:Vasotocin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: C047046:atosiban; D010121:Oxytocin; D014668:Vasotocin