Oxytocinergic inputs to the nucleus of the solitary tract and dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus in neonatal rats

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 399, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 101-109

  Rinaman, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastric motility; Paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus; Postnatal development

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; HORMONE PRECURSOR; NEUROPHYSIN; OXYTOCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NERVE PROJECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; STOMACH MOTILITY; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CHOLERA TOXIN; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GASTRIC EMPTYING; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE FIBERS; OXYTOCIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; STOMACH; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0032517157     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980914)399:1<101::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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