Opioid receptor antagonism during early lactation results in the increased duration of nursing bouts

Thermal control of mother-young contact in rats

Michael Leon, P.G. Croskerry, Grant K. Smith · Physiology & Behavior · 1978 · 250 citations

Engineering, Hyperthermia, Physiology +5

Reversal of Morphine Disruption of Maternal Behavior by Concurrent Treatment with the Opiate Antagonist Naloxone

Robert S. Bridges, Cordelia T. Grimm · Science · 1982 · 173 citations

Opioid Epidemic, Gynecology, Morphine-injected Rats +23

Brain<i>β</i>-Endorphin during Pregnancy, Parturition, and the Postpartum Period^*

Sharon L. Wardlaw, ANDREW G. FRANTZ · Endocrinology · 1983 · 130 citations

Disruption of ongoing maternal responsiveness in rats by central administration of morphine sulfate

Beverly S. Rubin, Robert S. Bridges · Brain Research · 1984 · 110 citations

Central Administration, Behavioral Neuroscience, Medicine +12

Preoptic area opioids and opiate receptors increase during pregnancy and decrease during lactation

Ronald P. Hammer, Robert S. Bridges · Brain Research · 1987 · 103 citations

Preoptic Area Opioids, Lactation, Reproductive Health +12