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Oxytocin (OXY) has been shown to attenuate some of the physiological and behavioral alterations appearing in stressed rats. Carbetocin (CBT), an oxytocin analog [deamino-1-monocarba-(2-O-methyltyrosine)-oxytocin], was designed to exert prolonged action. In the present study we investigated the impact of these peptides on the behavioral changes in rats exposed repeatedly to restraint stressors. ...

Background: Both oxytocin and carbetocin are used to prevent uterine atony post-partum haemorrhage after caesarean delivery in many countries, including Norway. Oxytocin causes dose-dependent ST-depression, troponin release, prolongation of QT-time arrythmia, but little is known about myocardial effects carbetocin. We have previously demonstrated comparable vasodilat...