Quantification of prolactin-releasing peptide (PrRP) mRNA expression in specific brain regions of the rat during the oestrous cycle and in lactation

Brain Research

Volumn 973, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 64-73

  Anderson, S T ^a   Kokay, I C ^b   Lang, T ^b   Grattan, D R ^b   Curlewis, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Hypothalamus; Prolactin releasing peptide; Real time PCR; Splice variant

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROLACTIN; PROLACTIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CODON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; EXON; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; LACTATION; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN VARIANT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; STOP CODON; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VALIDATION PROCESS; ZONA INCERTA;

EID: 0037623559     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(03)02543-5     Document Type: Article

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