The effect of oral corticosterone, prolactin and prolactin deprivation on weight gain and locomotor function in neonatal rats

Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-25

  Kerton, Angela ^a   Hau, Jann ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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