Mechanisms for suckling-induced changes in expression of prolactin receptor in the hypothalamus of the lactating rat

Brain Research

Volumn 891, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 197-205

  Pi, Xiujun ^a   Voogt, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bromocriptine; Haloperidol; Hypothalamus; Immunofluorescence; Prolactin receptor; Suckling stimulus

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; HALOPERIDOL; PROLACTIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRIA TERMINALIS; SUCKLING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BROMOCRIPTINE; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; HALOPERIDOL; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTATION; NEURONS; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; RECEPTORS, PROLACTIN;

EID: 0035830775     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)03212-1     Document Type: Article

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