Induction of uterine activity with oxytocin in late pregnant rats replicates the expression of c-fos in neuroendocrine and brain stem neurons as seen during parturition.

Antonijevic, I A

Induction of uterine activity with oxytocin in late pregnant rats replicates the expression of c-fos in neuroendocrine and brain stem neurons as seen during parturition. [electronic resource] - Endocrinology Jan 1995 - 154-63 p. digital

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

0013-7227

10.1210/endo.136.1.7828526 doi


Animals
Brain Stem--cytology
Catecholamines--metabolism
Female
Labor, Obstetric--physiology
Medulla Oblongata--metabolism
Neurons--metabolism
Oxytocin--pharmacology
Pregnancy
Pregnancy, Animal--physiology
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos--metabolism
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Supraoptic Nucleus--cytology
Uterus--drug effects