Male and female prolactin receptor mRNA expression in the brain of a biparental and a uniparental hamster, Phodopus, before and after the birth of a litter

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 81-90

  Ma, E ^a   Lau, J ^a   Grattan, D R ^b   Lovejoy, D A ^c   Wynne Edwards, Katherine E ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Choroid plexus; Hamster; Males; Paternal behaviour; Phodopus; PRL R nucleotide sequence; Prolactin; Prolactin receptor; Reverse transcription PCR

Indexed keywords

PRIMER RNA; PROLACTIN; PROLACTIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOROID PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HAMSTER; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE TRANSPORT; LACTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHODOPUS; PREDICTION; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHOROID PLEXUS; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHODOPUS; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, PROLACTIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 15844388804     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2005.01278.x     Document Type: Article

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