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The importance of oxytocin neurons in the supraoptic nucleus for breastfeeding in mice

The hormone oxytocin, secreted from oxytocin neurons in the paraventricular (PVH) and supraoptic (SO) hypothalamic nuclei, promotes parturition, milk ejection, and maternal caregiving behaviors. Previous experiments with whole-body oxytocin knockout mice showed that milk ejection was the unequivocal...

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Autores principales: Hagihara, Mitsue, Miyamichi, Kazunari, Inada, Kengo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10022762/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36930664
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0283152