Pituitary cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript expression depends on the strain, sex and oestrous cycle in the rat

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 426-433

  Kappeler, L ^a   Gautron, L ^b   Laye S ^b   Dantzer, R ^b   Zizzari, P ^a   Epelbaum, Jacques ^a   Bluet Pajot, M T ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Ageing; CART; LH; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; CORTICOTROPIN; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; POTASSIUM; PROLACTIN; PROTIRELIN; SULFUR 35; THYROTROPIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; DEPOLARIZATION; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING CELL; HORMONE INHIBITION; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOTOPE LABELING; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PROLACTIN SECRETING CELL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THYROTROPIN RELEASE;

AGING; ANIMALS; EATING; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33646356468     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2006.01435.x     Document Type: Article

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