Suckling-induced oxytocin increase in the spinal cord of the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 1236, Issue , 2008, Pages 85-92

  Ramos, Eugenia ^a   Castilla, Alejandra ^a   Navarro, Nilda ^a   Monasterio, Nela ^a   Mena, Flavio ^a   Morales, Teresa ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROBIOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Lactation; Oxytocin; Spinal cord; Suckling

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOASSAY; LACTATION; MILK EJECTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD; SUCKLING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOASSAY; LACTATION; NEURONS; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; SPINAL CORD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 53049105762     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.07.127     Document Type: Article

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