Dynamic changes in oxytocin receptor expression and activation at parturition in the rat brain.

Meddle, Simone L

Dynamic changes in oxytocin receptor expression and activation at parturition in the rat brain. [electronic resource] - Endocrinology Oct 2007 - 5095-104 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

0013-7227

10.1210/en.2007-0615 doi


Animals
Brain--metabolism
Brain Stem--metabolism
Female
Hypothalamus--metabolism
Limbic System--metabolism
Neurons--metabolism
Parturition--metabolism
Postpartum Period--metabolism
Pregnancy
Pregnancy, Animal--metabolism
Preoptic Area--metabolism
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos--metabolism
RNA, Messenger--metabolism
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Receptors, Oxytocin--genetics
Supraoptic Nucleus--physiology
Synaptic Transmission