A neuromodulatory role for oxytocin within the supramammillary nucleus

Neuropeptides

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 217-226

  Cumbers, M R ^a   Chung, S T ^a   Wakerley, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrophysiological responses; Facilitation; Milk ejection reflex; Oxytocin; Oxytocinergic fibres; Supramammillary nucleus

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN ANTAGONIST; OXYTOCIN[4 THREONINE 7 GLYCINE]; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DESENSITIZATION; DIENCEPHALON; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MILK EJECTION; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SUPRAMAMMILLARY NUCLEUS; WISTAR ALBINO GLAXO RAT;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MAMILLARY BODIES; MICROINJECTIONS; MILK EJECTION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; OXYTOCIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFLEX;

RATTUS;

EID: 34347331169     PISSN: 01434179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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