Effects of prolactin on hypothalamic supraoptic neurones: Evidence for modulation of STAT5 expression and electrical activity

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 125-130

  Townsend, Julie ^b   Cave, Belinda J ^b   Norman, Michael R ^a   Flynn, Andrea ^a   Uney, James B ^a   Tortonese, Domingo J ^b   Wakerley, Jon B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrical activity; Oxytocin neurones; Prolactin; STAT5; Supraoptic nucleus; Vasopressin neurones

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; OXYTOCIN; PROLACTIN; PROLACTIN RECEPTOR; STAT5 PROTEIN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GIANT CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECORDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

EID: 18744415766     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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