Dorsolateral columns of the spinal cord are necessary for both suckling-induced neuroendocrine reflexes and the kyphotic nursing posture in lactating rats

Brain Research

Volumn 947, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 110-121

  Stern, Judith M ^a   Yu, Y L ^a   Crockett, David P ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Lactation; Maternal behavior; Mesencephalon; Suckling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KYPHOSIS; LACTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RAT; REFLEX; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SPINAL CORD LESION; SUCKLING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BODY WEIGHT; DRINKING; EATING; FEMALE; LACTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; NIPPLES; POSTURE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL CORD; SUCKING BEHAVIOR; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0037162983     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)02916-5     Document Type: Article

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