Lactation decreases mRNA levels of opioid peptides in the arcuate nucleus of the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 769, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 303-308

  Kim, Eun Mee ^a   Kotz, Catherine M ^a   Welch, Catherine C ^c   Grace, Martha K ^c   Billington, Charles J ^b,c   Levine, Allen S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus; Lactation; Naltrexone; Opioid; Opioid mRNA; Pituitary; Rat

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NALTREXONE; OPIATE PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPETITE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; LACTATION; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; OPIOID PEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0030809146     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00722-1     Document Type: Article

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