Fol. Biol. 2017, 63, 91-97

https://doi.org/10.14712/fb2017063030091

Oxytocin Modulates Expression of Neuron and Glial Markers in the Rat Hippocampus

T. Havránek1, Z. Lešťanová1, B. Mravec1,2, V. Štrbák1,3, Ján Bakoš1,2, Z. Bačová1,3

1Biomedical Research Center, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
2Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
3Department of Normal and Pathological Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Slovak Medical University, Bratislava, Slovakia

Received August 2016
Accepted April 2017

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