Circadian rhythms of prolactin secretion in neonatal female rabbits after acute separation from their mothers

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 257-264

  Alvarez, M P ^a   Jimenez V ^a   Cano, P ^a   Rebollar, P ^b   Cardinali, D P ^c   Esquifino, A I ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Adenohypophysis; Aspartate; Circadian rhythms; Dopamine; Female rabbit pups; Glutamate; Median eminence; Prolactin; Serotonin; Taurine; Aminobutyric acid

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PROLACTIN; SEROTONIN; TAURINE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; RABBIT; TISSUE LEVEL; WEANING;

EID: 33646021286     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2005.11.021     Document Type: Article

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