Nitric oxide prolongs parturition and inhibits maternal behavior in rats

NeuroReport

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1695-1699

  Okere, Chuma O ^a   Higuchi, Takashi ^a   Kaba, Hideto ^a,b   Russell, John A ^c   Okutani, Fumino ^a   Takahashi, Seiichi ^a   Murata, Takuya ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Maternal behaviour; Nitric oxide; Oxytocin; Parturition; ; Sodium nitroprusside

Indexed keywords

N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0029764040     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-199607080-00034     Document Type: Article

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