α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone stimulates prolactin secretion through melanocortin-3 receptors expressed in mammotropes in the mouse pituitary

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 96-104

  Matsumura, Ryusei ^a   Takagi, Chika ^a   Kakeya, Tomoshi ^a   Okuda, Kiyoshi ^a   Takeuchi, Sakae ^a   Takahashi, Sumio ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunocytochemisry; Lactotropes; Melanocortin receptors; Melanocyte stimulating hormone; Mouse; Prolactin; Somatotropes

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HORMONE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MELANOCORTIN 3 RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; N ACETYL ALPHA INTERMEDIN[4-10]CYCLO[4 NORLEUCINE 5 ASPARTIC ACID 7 [3 (2 NAPHTHYL)ALANINE] 10 LYSINAMIDE]; PROLACTIN; BROXURIDINE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CORTICOTROPIN RECEPTOR; INTERMEDIN; RADIOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INTERACTION; GENETICS; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SECRETION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME;

ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONES; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PITUITARY GLAND; PROLACTIN; RADIATION-SENSITIZING AGENTS; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 3; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0141483347     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071965     Document Type: Article

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