Centrally administered choline increases plasma prolactin levels in conscious rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 232, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 79-82

  Gürün, M Sibel ^a   Savci, Vahide ^a   Ulus, Ismail H ^a   Kiran, Burhan K ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Atropine; Choline; Hemicholinium 3; Mecamylamine; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CHOLINE; HEMICHOLINIUM 3; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; ATROPINE; CHOLINE; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEMICHOLINIUM 3; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; MECAMYLAMINE; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0343924533     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00580-6     Document Type: Article

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