Nicotinic control of tuberoinfundibular dopaminergic neuron activity and prolactin secretion: Diurnal rhythm and involvement of endogenous opioidergic system

Brain Research

Volumn 756, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 266-272

  Shieh, Kun Ruey ^a   Pan, Jenn Tser ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atropine; Dopamine; Mecamylamine; Median eminence; Naloxone; Nicotine; Prolactin; TIDA neuron

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; ENDORPHIN; ESTRADIOL; MECAMYLAMINE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NICOTINE; NORBINALTORPHIMINE; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TISSUE SECTION; TUBEROHYPOPHYSEAL TRACT;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; DOPAMINE; ENDORPHINS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NARCOTICS; NEURONS; NICOTINE; OVARIECTOMY; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0030915423     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00157-1     Document Type: Article

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