In goats in the luteal phase, repeated intramuscular PGF2 alpha injections rapidly increased jugular concentrations of oxytocin.
In plain wordsIn goats, injections of prostaglandin F2 alpha quickly raised the body's own oxytocin levels in the blood.
- Peptide
- Oxytocin
- Outcome
- IncreaseJugular oxytocin concentration after PGF2 alpha injections
- Study
goatn: not reported in source
goats in the luteal phase of the oestrous cycle- Outcome group
- Endogenous peptide levels · Endocrine and hormones
Source sentences
Repeated intramuscular injection of 1 mg prostaglandin F2 alpha (PGF2 alpha) during the luteal phase of the oestrous cycle of the goat hastened luteolysis and resulted in rapid increases in jugular concentrations of 13,14-dihydro-15-keto PGF2 alpha (PGFM), the primary metabolite of PGF2 alpha, and of oxytocin
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Effect of PGF2 alpha administration on the release of endogenous PGF2 alpha and oxytocin in indomethacin-treated goats.
This result measures the body's own Oxytocin. Nobody was given the peptide. It is not evidence about taking it.