Prolactin receptor localization to the area postrema

Brain Research

Volumn 836, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 218-220

  Mangurian, Luz P ^a   Jurjus, Abdo R ^b   Walsh, Raymond J ^c  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Area postrema; Prolactin; Rabbit; Receptor

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN; PROLACTIN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA POSTREMA; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURONS; PROLACTIN; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, PROLACTIN;

EID: 0033620895     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01655-8     Document Type: Article

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