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Milk Ejection

Milk Ejection is a physiological process in which milk is expelled from the alveoli of the mammary gland into the ductal system through the contraction of myoepithelial cells, triggered by the neuroendocrine reflex of oxytocin release.

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683

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372

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

J.B. Wakerley, D. W. LINCOLN · Journal of Endocrinology · 1973 · 334 citations

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

D. W. LINCOLN, ALISON HILL, J.B. Wakerley · Journal of Endocrinology · 1973 · 316 citations

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Deficiency in Mouse Oxytocin Prevents Milk Ejection,but not Fertility or Parturition

W. Scott Young, Emily A. Shepard, Janet A. Amico et al. · Journal of Neuroendocrinology · 1996 · 312 citations

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Ultrasound Imaging of Milk Ejection in the Breast of Lactating Women

Donna T. Ramsay, Jacqueline C. Kent, Robyn Owens et al. · PEDIATRICS · 2004 · 296 citations

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Characterization of the responses of oxytocin‐ and vasopressin‐secreting neurones in the supraoptic nucleus to osmotic stimulation

M. J. Brimble, R. E. J. Dyball · The Journal of Physiology · 1977 · 282 citations

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Authors

683

  1. RB
    R.M. Bruckmaier

    University of Bern, Switzerland

    36 publications · 1.6K citations

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  2. JW
    J.B. Wakerley

    University of Bristol, United Kingdom

    17 publications · 1.7K citations

    14

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  3. BC
    Barry Cross

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    13 publications · 605 citations

    13

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  4. DW
    D. W. LINCOLN

    University of Bristol, United Kingdom

    11 publications · 1.4K citations

    11

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  5. PH
    Peter Hartmann

    The University of Western Australia, Australia

    11 publications · 733 citations

    11

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Institutions

237

  1. Technical University of Munich

    Munich, Germany

    16 h-index

    40 publications

    1.8K citations

  2. University of Bern

    Bern, Switzerland

    15 h-index

    47 publications

    1.9K citations

  3. Institut für Tier-, Natur- und Umweltethik

    Berlin, Germany

    12 h-index

    15 publications

    843 citations

  4. The University of Western Australia

    Perth, Australia

    11 h-index

    46 publications

    2K citations

  5. University of Fukui

    Fukui-shi, Japan

    11 h-index

    38 publications

    824 citations

  6. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    30 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    11 h-index

    34 publications

    960 citations

  8. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    10 h-index

    22 publications

    1.8K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Endocrinology

    60 publications · 2.6K citations

    27

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  2. Journal of Dairy Research

    38 publications · 1.6K citations

    24

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  3. The Journal of Physiology

    20 publications · 1.9K citations

    20

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  4. Endocrinology

    22 publications · 929 citations

    19

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  5. Journal of Dairy Science

    JDS · 18 publications · 690 citations

    14

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