Oxytocin stimulates secretory processes in lactating rabbit mammary epithelial cells

Oxytocin plays a major role in lactation mainly by its action on milk ejection via the contraction of myoepithelial cells. The effect of oxytocin on milk production and the presence of oxytocin receptors on different epithelial cells suggest that this hormone may play a role in mammary epithelial ce...

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Main Authors: Lollivier, Vanessa, Marnet, Pierre-Guy, Delpal, Serge, Rainteau, Dominique, Achard, Caroline, Rabot, Aline, Ollivier-Bousquet, Michèle
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Blackwell Science Inc 2006
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Neuroscience
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1464286/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16166151
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.2005.097816
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