17β-Estradiol inhibits the production of dopamine by the tuberoinfundibular dopaminergic neurons of the male rat

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-36

  Shaw Bruha, C M ^a,b   Happe, H K ^b   Murrin, L C ^b   Rodriguez Sierra, J F ^a   Shull, J D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior pituitary; Arcuate median eminence region; Dihydroxyphenylalanine; Estrogens; Prolactin; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBENZYLHYDRAZINE; AROMATIC LEVO AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; DOPA; DOPA DECARBOXYLASE INHIBITOR; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ERGOCRYPTINE; ESTRADIOL; PIMOZIDE; PROLACTIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYPOPHYSIS; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RAT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029870236     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0361-9230(96)00004-4     Document Type: Article

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