Effects of vasoactive intestinal peptide on prolactin secretion in three species of passerine birds

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 146-154

  Vleck, Carol Masters ^a   Patrick, Daniel J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; HORMONAL REGULATION; INFUNDIBULUM; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; REPRODUCTION;

APHELOCOMA ULTRAMARINA; CYANOCITTA CRISTATA;

EID: 0032925382     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1998.7191     Document Type: Article

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