Seasonal changes of SP and NKA in frontal cortex, striatum and testes in the rat. Role of maternal pineal gland

Peptides

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 997-1004

  Vazquez Moreno N ^a   Debeljuk, L ^b   Diaz Rodriguez E ^a   Fernandez Alvarez C ^a   Diaz Lopez B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frontal cortex; Maternal pineal gland; NKA; Seasonal variations; SP; Striatum; Testes

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; NEUROKININ A; SUBSTANCE P; TACHYKININ;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FRONTAL CORTEX; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PINEALECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TESTIS; WINTER;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; MALE; MELATONIN; NEOSTRIATUM; NEUROKININ A; PINEAL GLAND; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEASONS; SUBSTANCE P; TESTIS;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 2942530525     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2004.03.022     Document Type: Article

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