Distribution of prolactin receptor immunoreactivity in the brain of estrogen-treated, ovariectomized rats

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 394, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 462-474

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus; Globus pallidus; Hypothalamus; Periventricular hypothalamic nucleus; Preoptic area

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT;

EID: 0032543253     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19980518)394:4<462::aid-cne5>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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