Oxytocin Release and Milk Removal in Ruminants

Cholecystokinin decreases food intake in rats.

1973 • 1,454 citations

β-Endorphin and Adrenocorticotropin Are Selected Concomitantly by the Pituitary Gland

1977 • 1,426 citations

Structure and Biosynthesis of Pro-Adrenocorticotropin/Endorphin and Related Peptides*

1980 • 859 citations

Oxytocin and sexual behavior

1992 • 417 citations

Oxytocin Secretion in Response to Cholecystokinin and Food: Differentiation of Nausea from Satiety

1986 • 356 citations

Pulsatile secretion of gonadotrophins, ovarian steroids and ovarian oxytocin during the periovulatory phase of the oestrous cycle in the cow

1984 • 248 citations

β-ENDORPHIN AND ADRENOCORTICOTROPIN ARE SECRETED CONCOMITANTLY BY THE PITUITARY GLAND

1978 • 242 citations

Relationship Between Frequent Milking or Suckling in Early Lactation and Milk Production of High Producing Dairy Cows

1995 • 238 citations

Increased plasma levels of oxytocin in response to afferent electrical stimulation of the sciatic and vagal nerves and in response to touch and pinch in anaesthetized rats

1988 • 227 citations

Neurochemical Regulation of Oxytocin Secretion in Lactation*

1992 • 175 citations

Pulsatile secretion of gonadotrophins, ovarian steroids and ovarian oxytocin during prostaglandin-induced regression of the corpus luteum in the cow

1984 • 158 citations

Review of physiological and anatomical factors influencing the milking ability of ewes and the organization of milking

1988 • 157 citations

CELL KINETIC STUDIES OF FOLLICULAR ATRESIA IN THE MOUSE OVARY

1974 • 152 citations

Detailed analysis of blood oxytocin levels during suckling and parturition in the rat

1986 • 137 citations

Simultaneous recording of oxytocin release, milk ejection and milk flow during milking of dairy cows with and without prestimulation

1996 • 132 citations

Neuroendocrine control of milk ejection

1982 • 131 citations

Some observations on the contractile tissue of the mammary glands

1955 • 126 citations

Milk accumulation and distribution in the bovine udder during the interval between milkings

1994 • 113 citations

Milk removal in familiar and unfamiliar surroundings: concentrations of oxytocin, prolactin, cortisol andβ–endorphin

1993 • 113 citations

Autocrine control in milk secretion

1990 • 109 citations

Factors affecting the voluntary intake of food by sheep

1979 • 103 citations

Continuously elevated concentrations of oxytocin during milking are necessary for complete milk removal in dairy cows

1994 • 101 citations

Endocrine Responses in Cows Milked by Hand and Machine

1992 • 92 citations

B-mode ultrasonography of mammary glands of cows, goats and sheep during α- and β-adrenergic agonist and oxytocin administration

1992 • 85 citations

Maternal behaviour in sheep and its neuroendocrine regulation

1994 • 83 citations

Machine milking of Ostfriesian and Lacaune dairy sheep: udder anatomy, milk ejection and milking characteristics

1997 • 80 citations

Factors affecting the voluntary intake of food by sheep

1981 • 79 citations

Oxytocin secretion during milking in dairy cows with regard to the variation and importance of a threshold level for milk removal

1984 • 76 citations

Inhibition of milk ejection in cows by oxytocin receptor blockade, α-adrenergic receptor stimulation and in unfamiliar surroundings

1997 • 74 citations

Short Term Changes in Plasma Corticoids in Dairy Cattle

1972 • 72 citations

Effects of Daily Exogenous Oxytocin on Lactation Milk Yield and Composition

1991 • 71 citations

Influence of milk flow rate on new intramammary infection in dairy cows

1991 • 70 citations

Oxytocin Infusion Increases Plasma Insulin and Glucagon Levels and Glucose Production and Uptake in the Normal Dog

1981 • 63 citations

Aetiology of disturbed milk ejection in parturient primiparous cows

1992 • 62 citations

Oxytocin determination by radioimmunoassay in cattle. II. Effect of mating and stimulation of the genital tract in bulls, cows and heifers.

1982 • 61 citations

Machine milking of dairy goats during lactation: udder anatomy, milking characteristics, and blood concentrations of oxytocin and prolactin

1994 • 60 citations

Cisternal milk in the dairy cow during lactation and after preceding teat stimulation

1996 • 60 citations

Lactational changes in oxytocin release, intramammary pressure and milking characteristics in dairy cows

1991 • 58 citations

Correlation of Indices of Stress with Intensity of Electrical Shock for Cows

1986 • 58 citations

The Effects of Daily Oxytocin Injections Before and After Milking on Milk Production, Milk Plasmin, and Milk Composition

1993 • 56 citations

Neurochemical regulation of oxytocin secretion in lactation

1992 • 56 citations

Distribution of milk in the goat mammary gland and its relation to the rate and control of milk secretion

1988 • 54 citations

Measurement of mammary gland cistern size and determination of the cisternal milk fraction in dairy cows

1994 • 52 citations

Effect of Adrenocorticotropin Injection and Stress on Milk Cortisol Content

1978 • 49 citations

Effect of suckling during early lactation and changeover to machine milking on plasma oxytocin and cortisol levels and milking characteristics in Holstein cows

1995 • 49 citations

Mechanisms Involved in the Adrenalin-Induced Blockade of Milk Ejection in Dairy Cattle

1985 • 46 citations

Effects of Duration of Udder Stimulation on Milking Dynamics and Oxytocin Release

1985 • 46 citations

Secretion of oxytocin and milk removal as affected by milking cows with and without manual stimulation

1984 • 46 citations

Sensory Discharges from Lactating Mammary Glands

1966 • 44 citations

Milking- and suckling-induced secretion of oxytocin and prolactin in parturient dairy cows

1982 • 44 citations

Sequences of pituitary, ovarian and uterine hormone secretion during the first 5 weeks of pregnancy in dairy cattle.

1989 • 43 citations

Effects of oxytocin on in vivo release of insulin and glucagon studied by microdialysis in the rat pancreas and autoradiographic evidence for [3H]oxytocin binding sites within the islets of Langerhans

1990 • 42 citations

Current Concepts on the Role of Oxytocin in Milk Ejection

1983 • 42 citations

Milk yield, oxytocin and β-endorphin gradually normalize during repeated milking in unfamiliar surroundings

1996 • 40 citations

Purification and Characterization of Mammary Myoepithelial and Secretory Cells from the Lactating Rat*

1980 • 39 citations

Feeding during milking enhances milking‐related oxytocin secretion and milk production in dairy cows whereas food deprivation decreases it

1995 • 37 citations

Milking characteristics in dairy cows of different breeds from different farms and during the course of lactation

1995 • 36 citations

Feeding‐induced oxytocin release in dairy cows

1990 • 36 citations

Is Oxytocin Really Necessary for Efficient Milk Removal in Dairy Cows?

1983 • 36 citations

Small increases in peripheral noradrenaline inhibit the milk-ejection response by means of a peripheral mechanism

1984 • 33 citations

Effects of α- and β-adrenergic agonists on intramammary pressure and milk flow in dairy cows

1991 • 33 citations

Kappa Opiate Receptors Inhibit Release of Oxytocin from the Magnocellular System during Dehydration

1990 • 32 citations

Involvement of Opioid Peptides in the Inhibition of Oxytocin Release by Heat Stress in Lactating Mice

1981 • 32 citations

Endocrine Responses of Cows Subjected to Controlled Voltages During Milking

1982 • 32 citations

Catecholamines, oxytocin and milk removal in dairy cows

1989 • 32 citations

Short-term oxytocin treatment increases bovine milk yield by enhancing milk removal without any direct action on mammary metabolism

1994 • 31 citations

Effect of Pharmacological Doses of Oxytocin on Insulin Response to Glucose in Normal Man

1984 • 30 citations

Oxytocin determination by radioimmunoassay in cattle

1982 • 30 citations

Differential Effects of Adrenergic Agents on Plasma Levels of Immunoreactive -Endorphin and -Melanotropin in Rats

1984 • 30 citations

Effects of Intermittent Electrical Shock on Responses Related to Milk Ejection

1985 • 29 citations

Studies on the motility of smooth muscles of the teats in lactating cows

1980 • 28 citations

Behavioral Responses of Dairy Cows Subjected to Controlled Voltages

1982 • 27 citations

Distribution and density of α– and β–adrenergic receptor binding sites in the bovine mammary gland

1994 • 27 citations

Morphine, β-endorphin and [D-Ala2] Met-enkephalin inhibit oxytocin release by acetylcholine and suckling

1982 • 27 citations

Influence of Herd Relocation upon Production and Endocrine Traits of Dairy Cows

1983 • 27 citations

Milk Production, Health, Behavior, and Endocrine Responses of Cows Exposed to Electrical Current During Milking

1985 • 27 citations

Failure of cortisol injected prior to milking to inhibit milk ejection in dairy cattle

1987 • 27 citations

Effect of Teat Stimulation on Sympathetic Tone in Bovine Mammary Gland

1982 • 24 citations

Effect of naloxone on oxytocin and vasopressin release during vaginocervical stimulation in the goat

1987 • 22 citations

Interruption of machine milking in dairy cows: effects on intramammary pressure and milking characteristics

1995 • 22 citations

Rhythmic contractions of the teat sphincter in bovines: an expulsion mechanism

1982 • 22 citations

Opioid modulation of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis in dairy cows

1992 • 21 citations

Cow Sensitivity to Electricity During Milking

1992 • 21 citations

Evidence for a spinal site at which opioids may act to inhibit the milk-ejection reflex

1985 • 20 citations

Opioid inhibition of secretion from oxytocin and vasopressin nerve terminals following selective depletion of neurohypophysial catecholamines

1988 • 20 citations

Escherichia coli endotoxin-induced mastitis in dairy cows: changes and importance of insulin-like growth factor 1 and oxytocin

1993 • 19 citations

Complementary Milk and Its Relationship to Lactation

1955 • 17 citations

Reproducible increases in intramammary pressure after spinal cord stimulation in lactating rats

1984 • 15 citations

Studies on pre-milking preparation

1984 • 15 citations

Naloxone and adrenergic blocking agents fail to abolish central inhibition of milk ejection in cows

1997 • 15 citations

Suckling increases insulin and glucagon levels in peripheral venous blood of lactating dogs

1987 • 15 citations

Relationship Between Numbers of α2- and β2-Adrenoceptors in Teat Tissue and Blood Cells and Milkability of Primiparous Cows

1989 • 13 citations

Residual milk in Friesland sheep and the galactopoietic effect associated with oxytocin treatment

1986 • 11 citations

A comparison of the binding characteristics of the alpha 2-adrenoceptor antagonists 3H-yohimbine and 3H-rauwolscine in bovine teat muscles.

1986 • 10 citations

Oxytocin, a male intragonadal hormone

1993 • 10 citations

AC Voltages on Water Bowls: Effects on Lactating Holsteins

1989 • 10 citations

Studies on pre-milking preparation 10. Long-term change in yield response to pre-milking preparation

1987 • 10 citations

Identification and characterization of 3H-prazosin binding to alpha 1-adrenoceptors in bovine teat muscles.

1985 • 9 citations

Relationship between numbers of α₂- and β₂-adrenoceptors on blood cells of bulls and milkability of their daughters

1995 • 8 citations

Regulation of bovine intra-luteal function by peptide hormones.

1992 • 8 citations

Comparison between manual and mechanical stimulation.

1980 • 7 citations

Studies on pre-milking preparation: 4. Estimation of the pre-milking stimulus requirement of cows

1984 • 7 citations

EFFECT OF NALOXONE ON NEUROHYPOPHYSEAL PEPTIDE RESPONSES TO BREAST FEEDING AND BREAST STIMULATION IN MAN

1990 • 7 citations

Quantitative Estimation of Residual Milk in Bovine Udders–A Methodological Study

1988 • 6 citations

No evidence for an opioidergic control of oxytocin release in cows during late pregnancy, parturition and early puerperium

1993 • 6 citations

[The regulation of feed intake in ruminants].

1989 • 5 citations

Significance of stimulation in milking.

1980 • 4 citations

Studies on pre-milking preparation 9. A comparison of 3 methods of pre-milking preparation

1986 • 3 citations

Milk production, water consumption, and somatic cell count responses of cows subject to one to two volts of alternating current

1992 • 3 citations

Physiologische und umweltbedingte Einflüsse auf den Anteil an Komplementärmilch bei Kühen

1974 • 2 citations

Diagnostic précoce de gravidité chez la vache grâce à l'observation de l'éjection du lait induite par l'ocytocine lutéale

1992 • 2 citations