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Physiological and pharmacological evaluation of oxytocin-induced milk ejection in mice

Oxytocin, a posterior pituitary hormone, causes the contraction of the mammary myoepithelial cells that surround the acini. This ejects milk from the acini into the primary mammary ducts. The milk ejection responses by oxytocin have not yet been exactly evaluated in mice. Thus, we present a novel me...

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Autores principales: Kamikawa, Akihiro, Seko, Jumpei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Japanese Association for Laboratory Animal Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7445052/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32213759
http://dx.doi.org/10.1538/expanim.19-0126