Lactation reduces Fos induction in the paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei of the hypothalamus after urethane administration in rats

Brain Research

Volumn 752, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 319-323

  Woodside, Barbara ^a   Amir, Shimon ^a  

^a and Applied Physiology   (Canada)

Author keywords

hypothalamus; neuroendocrine function; osmotic challenge; reproduction; stress

Indexed keywords

URETHAN;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGIC TECHNIQUES; LACTATION; MALE; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; URETHANE;

EID: 0030992939     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00044-9     Document Type: Article

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