Prolactin regulation of oxytocin neurone activity in pregnancy and lactation

KEY POINTS: During lactation, prolactin promotes milk synthesis and oxytocin stimulates milk ejection. In virgin rats, prolactin inhibits the activity of oxytocin‐secreting neurones. We found that prolactin inhibition of oxytocin neurone activity is lost in lactation, and that some oxytocin neurones...

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Veröffentlicht in:J Physiol
Hauptverfasser: Augustine, Rachael A., Ladyman, Sharon R., Bouwer, Gregory T., Alyousif, Yousif, Sapsford, Tony J., Scott, Victoria, Kokay, Ilona C., Grattan, David R., Brown, Colin H.
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Neuroscience ‐ Development/Plasticity/Repair
Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5451702/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28211122
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1113/JP273712
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