Opioid control of prolactin secretion in late pregnant rats is mediated by tuberoinfundibular dopamine neurons

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 328, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 60-64

  Andrews, Zane B ^a   Grattan, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antepartum; Late pregnancy; Naloxone; Opioids; Prolactin; Tuberoinfundibular dopamine neurons

Indexed keywords

NALOXONE; PROLACTIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; RAT; TUBEROHYPOPHYSEAL TRACT;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; OPIOID PEPTIDES; PREGNANCY; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0037008373     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)00431-7     Document Type: Article

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