Suckling-Induced Changes in Neuropeptide Y and Proopiomelanocortin Gene Expression in the Arcuate Nucleus of the Rat: Evaluation of a Putative Intervention of Prolactin

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 540-549

  Pape, Jean Rémi ^a   Tramu, Gérard ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus; Gene expression; In situ hybridization; Lactation; Neuropeptide Y; Prolactin; Proopiomelanocortin; Suckling

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROLACTIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; RAT; SUCKLING;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LACTATION; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0029899147     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000127083     Document Type: Article

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