Developmental changes of hypothalamic, pituitary and striatal tachykinins in response to testosterone: Influence of prenatal melatonin

Peptides

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 501-508

  Diaz Rodriguez E ^a   Diaz Lopez B ^a   Debeljuk, L ^b   Esquifino Parras, A I ^b   Arce Fraguas, A ^b   Marin Fernandez B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hypothalamus; NKA; Pituitary; Prenatal melatonin; SP; Striatum; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; NEUROKININ A; SUBSTANCE P; TACHYKININ; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MELATONIN; NEUROKININ A; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUBSTANCE P; TACHYKININS; TESTOSTERONE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0343941563     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(99)00032-7     Document Type: Article

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