Studies on cutaneous blood flow in the mammary gland of lactating rats

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-6

  Eriksson, M ^a   Lundeberg, T ^a   Uvnas Moberg K ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Calcitonin gene related peptide; Lactation; Mammary gland; Neuropeptide Y; Oxytocin; Vasoactive polypeptide

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LACTATION; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MAMMARY GLAND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SUCKLING;

EID: 0029796266     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.1996.487226000.x     Document Type: Article

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