Oxytocin control of maternal behavior. Regulation by sex steroids and offspring stimuli

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1997 Jan 15:807:126-45. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb51916.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brain / physiology*
  • Female
  • Lactation / physiology*
  • Mammals
  • Maternal Behavior*
  • Oxytocin / physiology*
  • Pregnancy
  • Preoptic Area / physiology
  • Substantia Nigra / physiology
  • Tegmentum Mesencephali / physiology

Substances

  • Oxytocin