In vivo release and gene upregulation of brain prolactin in response to physiological stimuli

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1601-1608

  Torner, Luz ^a   Maloumby, Rodriguez ^a   Nava, Gabriel ^b   Aranda, Jorge ^b   Clapp, Carmen ^b   Neumann, Inga D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO DE NEUROBIOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Hypothalamus; Medial preoptic area; Neuropeptide; Paraventricular; Push pull; Rat; Stress; Suckling

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROLACTIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; LACTATION; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN SECRETING CELL; PUSH PULL PERFUSION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUCKLING; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMOBILIZATION; LYMPHOMA; MALE; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PREOPTIC AREA; PROLACTIN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 1842451618     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03264.x     Document Type: Article

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