Developmental expression of oxytocin receptors in the neonatal medulla oblongata and pons

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 502, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 157-161

  Murata, Yuzo ^a   Li, Ming Zi ^a   Masuko, Sadahiko ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Neuronal development; Oxytocin receptor; Transient expression

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; GOLGI COMPLEX; GRACILE NUCLEUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETICULAR FORMATION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; OXYTOCIN; PONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN;

EID: 80052373011     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.07.032     Document Type: Article

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