Differential expression of the two forms of prolactin receptor mRNA within microdissected hypothalamic nuclei of the rat

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-12

  Pi, Xiu Jun ^a   Grattan, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Microdissection; mRNA; Prolactin receptor; Rat hypothalamus; RT PCR; Southern hybridization

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA; PROLACTIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHOROID PLEXUS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; OVARIECTOMY; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHOROID PLEXUS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HYPOTHALAMUS; OVARIECTOMY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, PROLACTIN; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032529070     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(98)00109-0     Document Type: Article

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