Prostaglandins play an important role in diurnal changes of tuberoinfundibular dopaminergic neuronal activity and prolactin secretion in ovariectomized, estrogen-treated rats

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 87-93

  Chu, Ya Chun ^a,b   Tsou, Mei Yung ^b   Pan, Jenn Tser ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; DOPAC; Indomethacin; Median eminence; PGE; Striatum

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; DOPAMINE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; INDOMETACIN; PROLACTIN; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN D2; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; RAT; TUBEROHYPOPHYSEAL TRACT;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOPAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INDOMETHACIN; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; PROLACTIN; PROSTAGLANDINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0035330171     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(01)00498-1     Document Type: Article

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