Prolactin receptor gene expression in the forebrain of pregnant and lactating rats

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 136-145

  Mann, Phyllis E ^a   Bridges, Robert S ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Gestation; In situ hybridization histochemistry; Lateral septum; Maternal behavior; MPOA

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHORUS 33; PROLACTIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; CELL ASSAY; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; NULLIPARA; PREGNANCY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA PROBE; TIME;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LACTATION; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PREOPTIC AREA; PROLACTIN; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, PROLACTIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SEPTAL NUCLEI; UP-REGULATION;

TERMINALIS;

EID: 0037200777     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(02)00401-1     Document Type: Article

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