Permissive effect of centrally administered oxytocin on the excitatory response of oxytocin neurones to ventral tegmental stimulation in the suckled lactating rat

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 843-852

  Cosgrave, A S ^a   Richardson, C M ^a   Wakerley, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Excitatory responses; I.c.v. oxytocin; Mesencephalic ventral tegmentum; Milk ejection reflex; Oxytocin neurones; Permissive effect

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; HYPERTONIC SOLUTION; OXYTOCIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; URETHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; IN VITRO STUDY; LACTATION; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MESENCEPHALON; MILK EJECTION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SENSORY STIMULATION; SUCKLING; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; KINETICS; LACTATION; MILK EJECTION; NEURONS; OXYTOCIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUCKING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0033836497     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.2000.00531.x     Document Type: Article

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