Changes in the activity of catecholaminergic and serotoninergic neurones in the hypothalamus of the female rat during prepubertal development

Medical Science Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-12

  Ayala, M E ^a   Monroy, J ^a   Morales, L ^a   Domfnguez, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Hypothalamus; Neuronal activity; Norepinephrine; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE; INDOLEAMINE; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; ESTRUS; FEEDING; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; TEMPERATURE; WATER METABOLISM;

EID: 0032927335     PISSN: 02698951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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