Uterine Contractile Activity Stimulates Supraoptic Neurons in Term Pregnant Rats Via a Noradrenergic Pathway**This work was supported by The Wellcome Trust (Project Grant 047318/Z/96/Z) and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Uterine Contractile Activity Stimulates Supraoptic Neurons in Term Pregnant Rats Via a Noradrenergic Pathway**This work was supported by The Wellcome Trust (Project Grant 047318/Z/96/Z) and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.

Published:2001-02-01 Issue:2 Volume:142 Page:633-644
ISSN:0013-7227
Container-title:Endocrinology
language:en
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Author:

Douglas A. J.¹,Scullion S.¹,Antonijevic I. A.¹,Brown D.²,Russell J. A.¹,Leng G.¹

Affiliation:

1. Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University Medical School (A.J.D., S.S., J.A.R., G.L.), Edinburgh, United Kingdom EH8 9XD

2. Department of Neurobiology, The Babraham Institute (D.B.), Cambridge, United Kingdom CB2 4AT

Publisher

The Endocrine Society

Subject

Endocrinology

Link

http://academic.oup.com/endo/article-pdf/142/2/633/10363220/endo0633.pdf

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