Neuropeptide W acts in brain to control prolactin, corticosterone, and growth hormone release

Endocrinology

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2816-2821

  Baker, Jennifer R ^a   Cardinal, Kara ^a   Bober, Cynthia ^a   Taylor, Meghan M ^a   Samson, Willis K ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GROWTH HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE W; PROLACTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CONSCIOUSNESS; DRINKING; EATING; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; NEUROPEPTIDES; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0038575349     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2002-0161     Document Type: Article

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