Evidence for a hypothalamic oxytocin-sensitive pattern-generating network governing oxytocin neurons in vitro

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 6641-6649

  Jourdain, Pascal ^a   Israel, Jean Marc ^a   Dupouy, Bernard ^a   Oliet, Stéphane H R ^a   Allard, Michèle ^a   Vitiello, Sergio ^a   Theodosis, Dionysia T ^a   Poulain, Dominique A ^a  

^a INSTITUT FRANÇOIS MAGENDIE   (France)

Author keywords

Glutamate; Milk ejection; Organotypic slice cultures; Oxytocin; Rhythmic network; Supraoptic nucleus

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; OXYTOCIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BURST FORMING UNIT; GIANT CELL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MILK EJECTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0032171388     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-17-06641.1998     Document Type: Article

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