Profile of monoamine and excitatory amino acid release in rat supraoptic nucleus over parturition

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-40

  Herbison, Allan E ^a   Voisin, Daniel L ^a   Douglas, Alison J ^b   Chapman, Chris ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; DOPAMINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; MONOAMINE; NORADRENALIN; OXYTOCIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; FEMALE; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; NERVE ENDING; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

EID: 0031023293     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.1.4859     Document Type: Article

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