Chapter 2.1.3 Phenotypic and state-dependent expression of the electrical and morphological properties of oxytocin and vasopressin neurones

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 119, Issue C, 1999, Pages 101-113

  Armstrong, William E ^a   Stern, Javier E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

AFTERDISCHARGE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; DENDRITE; DEPOLARIZATION; LACTATION; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; NEURONS; OXYTOCIN; PHENOTYPE; RATS; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0032460722     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: 18757855     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(08)61564-2     Document Type: Article

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