Role of Prolactin in the Metabolic Adaptations to Pregnancy and Lactation

Neurobiology of the Parental Brain

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 249-268

  Woodside, Barbara ^a   Augustine, Rachel A ^b   Ladyman, Sharon R ^b   Naef, Lindsay ^c   Grattan, David R ^b  

^a Concordia University ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374285-8.00016-0     Document Type: Chapter

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