The magnocellular oxytocin system, the fount of maternity: Adaptations in pregnancy

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-61

  Russell, John A ^a   Leng, Gareth ^a   Douglas, Alison J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Dendrites; Dynorphin; Enkephalin; Estrogen receptors; Nitric oxide synthase; Nucleus tractus solitarius; Oxytocin mRNA; Supraoptic nucleus

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; NITRIC OXIDE; OPIATE; OXYTOCIN; PROGESTERONE; RELAXIN;

CELL ACTIVITY; CHILDBIRTH; GIANT CELL; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; REVIEW; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 0037289097     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3022(02)00104-8     Document Type: Review

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