Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript is overexpressed in the anteroventral periventricular nucleus of pregnant rats

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 711-714

  Valera, A G ^a   Cavalcante, J C ^a   Elias, C F ^a   Felicio L F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hypothalamus; Maternal behaviour; Neuropeptides; Reproductive cycle

Indexed keywords

COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LACTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; LACTATION; MIDLINE THALAMIC NUCLEI; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33746480319     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2006.01457.x     Document Type: Article

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