Prolactin-releasing peptide is expressed in afferents to the endocrine hypothalamus, but not in neurosecretory neurones

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 131-140

  Morales, T ^a   Hinuma, S ^b   Sawchenko, P E ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catecholamine neurones; Hypothalamus; Neuropeptides; Nucleus of the solitary tract; Prolactin; Stress; Ventrolateral medulla

Indexed keywords

GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; MESSENGER RNA; PROLACTIN; PROLACTIN RELEASING FACTOR; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

AMIDINES; ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CATECHOLAMINES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; STRESS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0033953693     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.2000.00428.x     Document Type: Article

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