Involvement of endogenous opioidergic neurons in modulation of prolactin secretion in response to mating in the female rat

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 20-28

  Yang, Shu Ping ^a   Lee, Youngsoo ^a   Voogt, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

c Fos; Catecholamines; Opioid peptides; Tyrosine hydroxylase; Endorphin

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE; NALOXONE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; PROLACTIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE RELEASE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; RAT;

EID: 0033848139     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054567     Document Type: Article

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