Oxytocin and the Milk-Ejection Reflex

Induction of maternal behavior in virgin rats after intracerebroventricular administration of oxytocin

1979 • 818 citations

Oxytocin Induces Maternal Behavior in Virgin Female Rats

1982 • 755 citations

THE MILK-EJECTION REFLEX OF THE RAT: A 20- TO 40-FOLD ACCELERATION IN THE FIRING OF PARAVENTRICULAR NEURONES DURING OXYTOCIN RELEASE

1973 • 328 citations

THE MILK-EJECTION REFLEX OF THE RAT: AN INTERMITTENT FUNCTION NOT ABOLISHED BY SURGICAL LEVELS OF ANAESTHESIA

1973 • 312 citations

Release of oxytocin and prolactin in response to suckling.

1983 • 252 citations

Electrophysiological evidence for the activation of supraoptic neurones during the release of oxytocin

1974 • 248 citations

Release of oxytocin during suckling and parturition in the rat

1985 • 246 citations

Opiate inhibition of peptide release from the neurohumoral terminals of hypothalamic neurones

1979 • 217 citations

Electrophysiological evidence for facilitatory control of oxytocin neurones by oxytocin during suckling in the rat.

1984 • 213 citations

Possible morphological bases for synchronisation of neuronal firing in the rat supraoptic nucleus during lactation

1981 • 174 citations

Factors governing the periodic activation of supraoptic and paraventricular neurosecretory cells during suckling in the rat.

1975 • 150 citations

THE ROLE OF THE NEUROHYPOPHYSIS IN THE MILK-EJECTION REFLEX

1952 • 149 citations

Neuroendocrine control of milk ejection

1982 • 131 citations

Contractile tissues in the mammary gland, with special reference to myoepithelium in the goat

1949 • 128 citations

Some observations on the contractile tissue of the mammary glands

1955 • 126 citations

Milk Ejection Reflex Linked to Slow Wave Sleep in Nursing Rats*

1979 • 108 citations

Oxytocin Release and Plasma Anterior Pituitary and Gonadal Hormones in Women during Lactation*

1981 • 105 citations

Sleep: A prerequisite for reflex milk ejection in the rat

1980 • 98 citations

Central Release of Oxytocin, Vasopressin and Neurophysin by Magnocellular Neurone Depolarization: Evidence in Slices of Guinea Pig and Rat Hypothalamus

1986 • 96 citations

The Development and Evaluation of a Sensitive and Specific Radioimmunoassay for Oxytocin in Unextracted Plasma

1980 • 82 citations

THE ASSAY OF MILK‐EJECTING ACTIVITY IN THE LACTATING RAT

1967 • 81 citations

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECORDINGS FROM OXYTOCINERGIC NEURONES DURING SUCKLING IN THE UNANAESTHETIZED LACTATING RAT

1981 • 79 citations

Excitatory effects of intraventricular injections of oxytocin on the milk ejection reflex in the rat

1981 • 77 citations

The Effect of Nursing on Neurohypophyseal Hormone and Prolactin Secretion in Human Subjects*

1980 • 75 citations

A Reverse Hemolytic Plaque Assay for Microscopic Visualization of Growth Hormone Release from Individual Cells: Evidence for Somatotrope Heterogeneity

1984 • 72 citations

MILK-EJECTION ACTIVITY (OXYTOCIN) IN THE EXTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN BLOOD OF THE COW, GOAT AND SOW, IN RELATION TO THE STIMULUS OF MILKING OR SUCKLING

1966 • 69 citations

Characterization of a Proposed Oxytocin Receptor in Rat Mammary Gland

1973 • 69 citations

Fluorometric assay of vasopressin and oxytocin: a general approach to the assay of peptides in tissues.

1976 • 63 citations

MILK EJECTION IN THE RAT: THE RESULT OF A SELECTIVE RELEASE OF OXYTOCIN

1973 • 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

Breast-feeding and plasma oxytocin concentrations.

1980 • 60 citations

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

1984 • 58 citations

OXYTOCIN DETERMINATION BY RADIOIMMUNOASSAY IN CATTLE

1979 • 57 citations

The Cytochemical Bioassay of Hormones

1976 • 56 citations

Does oxytocin play a role in the onset of maternal behaviour in the rat?

1984 • 54 citations

Blood levels of oxytocin and vasopressin during suckling in the rabbit and the problem of their independent release

1970 • 46 citations

Current Concepts on the Role of Oxytocin in Milk Ejection

1983 • 42 citations

THE BLOOD LEVELS OF OXYTOCIN DURING MACHINE MILKING IN COWS WITH SOME OBSERVATIONS ON ITS HALF-LIFE IN THE CIRCULATION

1970 • 42 citations

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

1980 • 39 citations

Oxytocin-Stimulated Myosin Phosphorylation in Mammary Myoepithelial Cells: Roles of Calcium Ions and Cyclic Nucleotides*

1984 • 39 citations

THE MECHANISM OF THE INHIBITORY ACTION OF ADRENALINE ON THE MAMMARY GLAND

1967 • 38 citations

Autoradiographic Localization of Radioactivity from [³H]Oxytocin in the Rat Mammary Gland and Oviduct¹

1975 • 37 citations

Oxytocin-Induced Stretch Reaction in Suckling Mice and Rats: A Semiquantitative Bio-assay for Oxytocin

1967 • 36 citations

The role of the septum in the control of the milk ejection reflex in the rat: effects of lesions and electrical stimulation.

1983 • 34 citations

A comparison of analgesia and suppression of oxytocin release by opiates

1984 • 34 citations

SPECIFIC RELEASE OF BOVINE NEUROPHYSIN I DURING MILKING AND SUCKLING IN THE COW

1974 • 33 citations

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

1984 • 33 citations

Sleep is not a prerequisite for the milk ejection reflex in the pig

1981 • 29 citations

Phasic pattern of electrical stimulation enhances oxytocin secretion from the isolated neurohypophysis

1982 • 26 citations

Activity of putative oxytocin neurones during reflex milk ejection in conscious rabbits.

1984 • 26 citations

Radioimmunoassays for individual rat neurophysins

1983 • 26 citations

Oxytocin Antibody and Lactation and Parturition in Rats

1971 • 25 citations

The Posterior pituitary : hormone secretion in health and disease

1985 • 24 citations

Isolation and Partial Characterization of Two Human Neurophysins: Their Use in the Development of Specific Radioimmunoassays*

1980 • 23 citations

Binding of [(3)H]oxytocin to cells isolated from the mammary gland of the lactating rat

1977 • 23 citations

A Rise in Intramammary Pressure Follows Electrical Stimulation of Mammary Nerve in Anesthetized Rats*

1978 • 21 citations

Neurophysin in Women During Oxytocin-Related Events

1973 • 18 citations

Aspects of the neuronal and endocrine components of reflex milk ejection in conscious rabbits

1986 • 17 citations

Alterations in the Oxytocin-Induced Intramammary Pressure Response after Mechanical Stimulation of the Mammary Gland of the Anesthetized Lactating Rat*

1979 • 14 citations

ESTIMATION OF AN OXYTOCIN-LIKE SUBSTANCE IN HIGHLY PURIFIED EXTRACTS FROM THE BLOOD OF PUERPERAL WOMEN DURING SUCKLING

1968 • 14 citations

SUCKLING IN THE GUINEA-PIG: THE SIMULTANEOUS RELEASE OF OXYTOCIN AND NEUROPHYSIN

1981 • 13 citations

The Physiological Release of Specific Individual Neurophysins into the Circulation of Pigs

1977 • 13 citations

Central inhibition of milk ejection in the rabbit: involvement of hippocampus and subiculum

1984 • 13 citations

Oxytocin binding sites in lactating rabbit mammary gland

1978 • 12 citations

Oxytocin in Human Parturition

1972 • 9 citations

The effect of oxytocin antibodies on the litter size in rats

1974 • 7 citations

SUCKLING IN THE GUINEA-PIG: THE EFFECTS OF PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION WITH AN ANTISERUM TO OXYTOCIN

1981 • 6 citations