Changing pattern of oxytocin-induced excitation of neurons in the bed nuclei of the stria terminalis and ventrolateral septum in the peripartum period

Neuroscience

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 478-488

  Housham, S J ^a   Terenzi, M G ^a   Ingram, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bed nuclei; Limbic; Milk ejection reflex; Opioids; Pregnancy; Stria terminalis

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK EJECTION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRIA TERMINALIS;

EID: 0031559924     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(97)00202-9     Document Type: Article

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