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α‐Melanocyte‐stimulating hormone inhibition of oxytocin neurons switches to excitation in late pregnancy and lactation

Oxytocin is secreted into the periphery by magnocellular neurons of the hypothalamic supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei (SON and PVN) to trigger uterine contraction during birth and milk ejection during suckling. Peripheral oxytocin secretion is triggered by action potential firing, which is regu...

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Autores principales: Perkinson, Michael R., Kirchner, Matthew K., Zhang, Meng, Augustine, Rachael A., Stern, Javier E., Brown, Colin H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8935534/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35312181
http://dx.doi.org/10.14814/phy2.15226

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