Amplitudes and time courses of milk ejection bursts of oxytocin neurons in the midbrain-hemitransected lactating rat

Brain Research

Volumn 719, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 203-206

  Wang, Y F ^a   Negoro, H ^a   Honda, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hemitransection; Midbrain; Milk ejection burst; Oxytocin; Rat

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; MILK EJECTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0029896949     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00029-7     Document Type: Article

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