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Milk Ejection

Known as: Ejection, Milk, Milk Let down, Milk Let-down 
Expulsion of milk from the mammary alveolar lumen, which is surrounded by a layer of milk-secreting EPITHELIAL CELLS and a network of myoepithelial… Expand
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2012
Review
2012
Breaking the loop: Oxytocin as a potential treatment for drug addiction
Drug use typically occurs within a social context, and social factors play an important role in the initiation, maintenance and… Expand
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2009
Highly Cited
2009
The Biology of Paternal Care in Human and Nonhuman Primates
Among primates, intense paternal care is manifested in only a few distantly related species, including humans. Thus, neither… Expand
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Review
2005
Review
2005
Endocrinology of milk production.
The physiology of lactation includes development of the mammary gland from the foetal to the adult stage, further development… Expand
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Ultrasound imaging of milk ejection in the breast of lactating women.
OBJECTIVE Currently, the methods for assessing milk ejection in women include serial sampling of plasma oxytocin and measurement… Expand
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Review
2003
Review
2003
The oxytocin receptor
Novel sites of oxytocin receptor expression have recently been detected, including breast cancer cells, bone cells, myoblasts… Expand
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Review
2001
Review
2001
The oxytocin receptor system: structure, function, and regulation.
The neurohypophysial peptide oxytocin (OT) and OT-like hormones facilitate reproduction in all vertebrates at several levels. The… Expand
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Milk ejection in dairy cows at different degrees of udder filling.
Occurrence of milk ejection and course of milk removal were investigated in 18 dairy cows at milking intervals of 4, 8 and 12 h… Expand
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Review
1998
Review
1998
Oxytocin release and milk removal in ruminants.
Before milking, less than 20% of the milk yielded by dairy cows is stored within the cistern, where it is immediately available… Expand
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Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
The milk ejection reflex in the pig
1. The milk ejection reflex in response to suckling was studied in conscious sows by continuous recording of intramammary… Expand
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1974
Highly Cited
1974
Prolactin release during nursing and breast stimulation in postpartum and nonpostpartum subjects.
ABSTRACT The effect of suckling and breast stimulation on plasma prolactin measured by homologous radioimmunoassay has been… Expand
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