Role of the supraoptic nucleus in regulation of parturition and milk ejection revisited

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 113-121

  Higuchi, Takashi ^a   Okere, Chuma O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetus expulsion reflex; Nitric oxide; Sex steroid hormone; Suckling; Synchronized burst firing; Uterus

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; NITRIC OXIDE; STEROID HORMONES; SYNCHRONIZATION; TISSUE CULTURE;

BLOOD LEVELS; CORPUS LUTEUM; FETUS EXPULSION REFLEX; OESTROGENS; OPIOIDS; PROGESTERON; SEX STEROID HORMONES; SUCKLING; SYNCHRONIZED BURST FIRING; UTERUS;

NEURONS;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ESTROGEN; NITRIC OXIDE; OPIATE; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CHILDBIRTH; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MILK EJECTION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SUCKLING; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 0037081036     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.10016     Document Type: Review

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