oxytocin and Encephalitis

oxytocin has been researched along with Encephalitis* in 2 studies

Other Studies

2 other study(ies) available for oxytocin and Encephalitis

ArticleYear
Neonatal manipulation of oxytocin prevents lipopolysaccharide-induced decrease in gene expression of growth factors in two developmental stages of the female rat.
    Neuropeptides, 2014, Volume: 48, Issue:5

    Oxytocin production and secretion is important for early development of the brain. Long-term consequences of manipulation of oxytocin system might include changes in markers of brain plasticity - cytoskeletal proteins and neurotrophins. The aim of the present study was (1) to determine whether neonatal oxytocin administration affects gene expression of nestin, microtubule-associated protein-2 (MAP-2), brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and nerve growth factor (NGF) in the brain of two developmental stages of rat and (2) to evaluate whether neonatal oxytocin administration protects against lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induced inflammation. Neonatal oxytocin did not prevent a decrease of body weight in the LPS treated animals. Oxytocin significantly increased gene expression of BDNF in the right hippocampus in 21-day and 2-month old rats of both sexes. Gene expression of NGF and MAP-2 significantly increased in males treated with oxytocin. Both, growth factors and intermediate filament-nestin mRNA levels, were reduced in females exposed to LPS. Oxytocin treatment prevented a decrease in the gene expression of only growth factors. In conclusion, neonatal manipulation of oxytocin has developmental and sex-dependent effect on markers of brain plasticity. These results also indicate, that oxytocin may be protective against inflammation particularly in females.

    Topics: Animals; Animals, Newborn; Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; Encephalitis; Female; Gene Expression; Hippocampus; Lipopolysaccharides; Male; Microtubule-Associated Proteins; Nerve Growth Factor; Nerve Growth Factors; Nerve Tissue Proteins; Nestin; Neuronal Plasticity; Oxytocin; Rats; Rats, Wistar; RNA, Messenger

2014
[Anatomico-clinical aspects of certain poorly classified encephalitides and perivenous encephalitides during diseases of panencephalitic nature].
    Acta neurologica et psychiatrica Belgica, 1958, Volume: 58, Issue:7

    Topics: Analgesia; Anesthesia; Anesthesia and Analgesia; Encephalitis; Female; Humans; Labor, Obstetric; Medical Records; Oxytocin; Pain Management; Pentylenetetrazole; Pregnancy

1958