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. 2020 Feb 11;11:43. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2020.00043

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Copyright © 2020 Nishimura, Kawasaki, Matsuura, Suzuki, Motojima, Baba, Ohnishi, Yamanaka, Fujitani, Yoshimura, Maruyama, Ueno, Sonoda, Nishimura, Tanaka, Sanada, Onaka, Ueta and Sakai.

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Plasma oxytocin (OXT), arginine-vasopressin (AVP), and corticosterone (CORT) after intra-articular injection. Plasma OXT (A), AVP (B), and CORT (C) concentrations measured with collected blood from decapitated rats are shown (n = 6–7 per group). The data are presented as mean ± standard error of the mean (two-way ANOVA). *P < 0.05 and **P < 0.01 compared to control. ^†P < 0.05 and ^†^†P < 0.01 compared to saline.