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Maternal Care Effects on the Development of a Sexually Dimorphic Motor System: The Role of Spinal Oxytocin

Maternal licking in rats affects the development of the spinal nucleus of the bulbocavernosus (SNB), a sexually dimorphic motor nucleus that controls penile reflexes involved with copulation. Reduced maternal licking results in decreased motoneuron number, size, and dendritic length in the adult SNB...

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Main Authors: Lenz, Kathryn M., Sengelaub, Dale R.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2010
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2934889/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20688065
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.07.010
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