Oxytocin release in magnocellular nuclei: neurochemical mediators and functional significance during gestation

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Central effects of oxytocin

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Oxytocin improves long-lasting spatial memory during motherhood through MAP kinase cascade

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1993 • 336 citations

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1984 • 268 citations

Simultaneous Microdialysis in Blood and Brain: Oxytocin and Vasopressin Release in Response to Central and Peripheral Osmotic Stimulation and Suckling in the Rat

1993 • 240 citations

Oxytocin and Vasopressin Gene Expression in the Hypothalamo-Neurohypophyseal System of the Rat During the Estrous Cycle, Pregnancy, and Lactation

1988 • 227 citations

Plasticity in Fast Synaptic Inhibition of Adult Oxytocin Neurons Caused by Switch in GABAA Receptor Subunit Expression

1997 • 227 citations

Release of oxytocin within the supraoptic nucleus during the milk ejection reflex in rats

1989 • 215 citations

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2002 • 211 citations

Oxytocin induces morphological plasticity in the adult hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system

1986 • 199 citations

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1997 • 190 citations

Neurochemical Regulation of Oxytocin Secretion in Lactation*

1992 • 175 citations

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1994 • 161 citations

Stimuli and consequences of dendritic release of oxytocin within the brain

2007 • 160 citations

Magnocellular neuropeptidergic neurons in hypothalamus: Increases in membrane apposition and number of specialized synapses from pregnancy to lactation

1982 • 159 citations

Changes in Oxytocin Receptor mRNA in Rat Brain During Pregnancy and the Effects of Estrogen and Interleukin‐6

1997 • 158 citations

Sex, parturition and motherhood without oxytocin?

1998 • 154 citations

Oxytocin and vasopressin gene expression during gestation and lactation

1988 • 152 citations

Paraventricular and supraoptic bursting oxytocin cells in rat are locally regulated by oxytocin and functionally related.

1989 • 150 citations

The Role of Oxytocin Release in the Paraventricular Nucleus in the Control of Maternal Behaviour in the Sheep

1996 • 132 citations

Changes in properties and neurosteroid regulation of GABAergic synapses in the supraoptic nucleus during the mammalian female reproductive cycle

1999 • 132 citations

Oxytocin Regulates Neurosteroid Modulation of GABA_AReceptors in Supraoptic Nucleus around Parturition

2003 • 129 citations

Action of endogenous oxytocin within the paraventricular or supraoptic nuclei: A powerful link in the regulation of the bursting pattern of oxytocin neurons during the milk-ejection reflex in rats

1993 • 129 citations

Central endogenous opioid inhibition of supraoptic oxytocin neurons in pregnant rats

1995 • 116 citations

Oxytocin predominantly excites putative oxytocin neurons in the rat supraoptic nucleus in vitro

1987 • 109 citations

Retrograde Regulation of GABA Transmission by the Tonic Release of Oxytocin and Endocannabinoids Governs Postsynaptic Firing

2007 • 106 citations

Somatodendritic Secretion in Oxytocin Neurons Is Upregulated during the Female Reproductive Cycle

2003 • 104 citations

Changes in the Electrical Properties of Supraoptic Nucleus Oxytocin and Vasopressin Neurons during Lactation

1996 • 102 citations

Electrophysiological differences between oxytocin and vasopressin neurones recorded from female rats in vitro.

1995 • 101 citations

Neuronal, glial and synaptic remodeling in the adult hypothalamus: functional consequences and role of cell surface and extracellular matrix adhesion molecules

2004 • 99 citations

Progesterone-metabolite prevents protein kinase C-dependent modulation of -aminobutyric acid type A receptors in oxytocin neurons

2000 • 94 citations

Increased accumulation of oxytocin messenger ribonucleic acid in the hypothalamus of the female rat: induction by long term estradiol and progesterone administration and subsequent progesterone withdrawal.

1995 • 90 citations

The role of central adrenergic receptors in the reflex release of oxytocin

1978 • 87 citations

Structural plasticity in the rat supraoptic nucleus during gestation, post-partum lactation and suckling-induced pseudogestation and lactation

1987 • 87 citations

Chemical Coding of GABA_B Receptor‐Immunoreactive Neurones in Hypothalamic Regions Regulating Body Weight

2003 • 82 citations

Influence of Ovarian Steroids on the Ultrastructural Plasticity of the Adult Rat Supraoptic Nucleus Induced by Central Administration of Oxytocin

1990 • 77 citations

Endogenous Opioid Regulation of Oxytocin Secretion Through Pregnancy in the Rat

1993 • 75 citations

Sustained outward rectification of oxytocinergic neurones in the rat supraoptic nucleus: ionic dependence and pharmacology.

1997 • 73 citations

Endogenous opioid regulation of stress-induced oxytocin release within the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus is reversed in late pregnancy: a microdialysis study

2002 • 72 citations

Factors governing activity-dependent structural plasticity of the hypothalamoneurohypophysial system.

1998 • 70 citations

Evidence for Stimulatory Noradrenergic and Inhibitory Dopaminergic Regulation of Oxytocin Release in the Lactating Rat*

1987 • 70 citations

Noradrenergic control of central oxytocin release during lactation in rats

1998 • 67 citations

Dendritic Transmitter Release: A Comparison of Two Model Systems

2008 • 66 citations

Changes in the Active Membrane Properties of Rat Supraoptic Neurones During Pregnancy and Lactation

2002 • 64 citations

Profile of Monoamine and Excitatory Amino Acid Release in Rat Supraoptic Nucleus over Parturition

1997 • 63 citations

Oxytocin and estrogen promote rapid formation of functional GABA synapses in the adult supraoptic nucleus

2006 • 63 citations

Neural mechanisms underlying the milk ejection burst and reflex

2008 • 61 citations

Induction of rapid, activity‐dependent neuronal–glial remodelling in the adult rat hypothalamus in vitro

2003 • 59 citations

Stimulation of oxytocin release in the lactating rat by central excitatory amino acid mechanisms: evidence for specific involvement of R,S-alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid-sensitive glutamate receptors.

1993 • 59 citations

Evidence that oxytocin-secreting neurones are involved in the ultrastructural reorganisation of the rat supraoptic nucleus apparent at lactation

1984 • 58 citations

Effect of gonadal steroids upon hypothalamic oxytocin expression.

1995 • 57 citations

Central and systemic oxytocin release: A study of the paraventricular nucleus by in vivo microdialysis

1992 • 57 citations

Enhancement of calcium‐dependent afterpotentials in oxytocin neurons of the rat supraoptic nucleus during lactation

2005 • 53 citations

Oxytocin receptor binding in the hypothalamus during gestation in rats

2006 • 53 citations

Paraventricular nucleus histamine increases blood pressure by adrenoreceptor stimulation of vasopressin release

1995 • 50 citations

NMDA receptors induce somatodendritic secretion in hypothalamic neurones of lactating female rats

2004 • 48 citations

Stimulation of oxytocin release in the lactating rat by a central interaction of alpha 1-adrenergic and alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid-sensitive excitatory amino acid mechanisms.

1993 • 44 citations

Ependymal and neuronal specializations in the lateral ventricle of the Pekin duck, Anas platyrhynchos

1984 • 43 citations

Prolactin and Oxytocin Interaction in the Paraventricular and Supraoptic Nuclei: Effects on Oxytocin mRNA and Nitric Oxide Synthase

2003 • 38 citations

Stimulation of Central and Systemic Oxytocin Release by Histamine in the Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus: Evidence for an Interaction with Norepinephrine*

1999 • 37 citations

Stimulation of expression of the oxytocin gene in rat supraoptic neurons at parturition

1998 • 36 citations

Evidence for the involvement of histaminergic neurones in the regulation of the rat oxytocinergic system during pregnancy and parturition

1997 • 34 citations

Expression of the endothelin-1 and oxytocin genes in the hypothalamus of the pregnant rat

1994 • 30 citations

Involvement of Histamine in Suckling-Induced Release of Oxytocin, Prolactin and Adrenocorticotropin in Lactating Rats

1996 • 29 citations

Central Blockade of Oxytocin Receptors During Late Gestation Disrupts Systemic Release of Oxytocin During Suckling In Rats

2003 • 29 citations

Histaminergic Control of Oxytocin Release in the Paraventricular Nucleus during Lactation in Rats

2001 • 28 citations

Evidence for involvement of an adrenal catecholamine in the β-adrenergic inhibition of oxytocin release in lactating rats

1988 • 27 citations

Differential sensitivity of intranuclear and systemic oxytocin release to central noradrenergic receptor stimulation during mid- and late gestation in rats

2004 • 26 citations

Central blockade of oxytocin receptors during mid-late gestation reduces amplitude of slow afterhyperpolarization in supraoptic oxytocin neurons

2008 • 22 citations

Peripartum interneuronal coupling in the supraoptic nucleus

2002 • 20 citations

Neurochemical bases of plasticity in the magnocellular oxytocin system during gestation

2005 • 17 citations

Neurochemical regulation of hypothalamic oxytocin messenger ribonucleic acid levels during early lactation in rats.

1993 • 17 citations

Afferent Stimulation Regulates Oxytocin Messenger Ribonucleic Acid During Early Lactation in Rats

1992 • 14 citations

Increased Sensitivity of Monoamine Release in the Supraoptic Nucleus in Late Pregnancy: Region‐ and Stimulus‐Dependent Responses

2010 • 14 citations

Oxytocin Messenger RNA Levels in Hypothalamic, Paraventricular, and Supraoptic Nuclei during Pregnancy and Lactation in Rats

1992 • 13 citations