Electrical activities of neurones in the dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus projecting to the supraoptic nucleus during milk-ejection reflex in the rat

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 336-340

  Honda, Kazumasa ^a   Higuchi, Takashi ^b  

^a FUKUI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus; Milk ejection burst; Supraoptic nucleus

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; URETHAN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MILK EJECTION; NERVE CELL; OSCILLOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REFLEX; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; TIME; WISTAR RAT; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MILK EJECTION; NEURONS; OSCILLOMETRY; OXYTOCIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFLEX; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; TIME FACTORS; URETHANE;

RATTUS;

EID: 77954305000     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.09-117E     Document Type: Article

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