Oxytocin neurons in the supraoptic nucleus receive excitatory inputs from the bilateral dorsomedial hypothalamic nuclei

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 237-242

  Honda, Kazumasa ^a   Higuchi, Takashi ^b  

^a FUKUI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus; Milk ejection burst; Oxytocin neuron; Supraoptic nucleus

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; OXYTOCIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 34548029401     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2007.06.017     Document Type: Article

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