Distribution and origin of peptide-containing nerve fibres in the rat and human mammary gland

Neuroscience

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 227-245

  Eriksson, M ^a   Lindh, B ^a   Uvnas Moberg K ^a   Hokfelt T ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lactation; Local reflexes; Milk ejection; Neuropeptides; Sensory fibres

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PEPTIDE HISTIDINE ISOLEUCINE; SUBSTANCE P; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTATION; MILK EJECTION; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE;

ANIMAL; BREAST; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTATION; MAMMAE; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROPEPTIDES; NIPPLES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0029656049     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(95)00291-P     Document Type: Article

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