Changes in the electrical properties of supraoptic nucleus oxytocin and vasopressin neurons during lactation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 4861-4871

  Stern, Javier E ^a   Armstrong, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

electrophysiology; lactation; magnocellular cells; oxytocin; supraoptic nucleus; vasopressin

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AFTERDISCHARGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; DEPOLARIZATION; DIESTRUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; LACTATION DISORDER; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0029743051     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-16-04861.1996     Document Type: Article

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