Hypertrophy of Oxytocinergic Magnocellular Neurons in the Hypothalamic Supraoptic Nucleus from Gestation to Lactation

Zoological Science

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 161-165

  Lin, Shi Hua ^a   Miyata, Seiji ^a   Kawarabayashi, Tatsuhiko ^b   Nakashima, Toshihiro ^a   Kiyohara, Toshikazu ^a  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; LACTATION; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RAT; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; LACTATION; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030076013     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.13.161     Document Type: Article

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