Rhythmicity of β-endorphinergic neuronal activity in the mediobasal hypothalamus during pregnancy in the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 837, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 152-160

  Lee, Youngsoo ^a   Voogt, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

endorphin; Fos; Mediobasal hypothalamus; Negative feedback; Placental lactogen; Pregnancy; Prolactin; Rat; Rhythm

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; PLACENTA LACTOGEN; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYSTERECTOMY; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; PROLACTIN RELEASE; RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BETA-ENDORPHIN; CELLS, CULTURED; CHORIOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS, MIDDLE; MALE; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROLACTIN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033533123     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01603-0     Document Type: Article

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