Upregulation of astrocytic basic fibroblast growth factor in the cingulate cortex of lactating rats: Time course and role of suckling stimulation

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 448-453

  Salmaso, N ^a   Woodside, B ^a  

^a and Applied Physiology   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortex; Glia; Maternal behavior; Neurotrophic factors; Plasticity; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN TISSUE; CINGULATE GYRUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LACTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SUCKLING; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; ASTROCYTES; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GYRUS CINGULI; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTATION; MALE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 33747034449     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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