Dopaminergic mechanisms involved in prolactin release after mifepristone and naloxone treatment during late pregnancy in the rat

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 58-67

  Soaje, Marta ^a   Valdez, Susana ^a   Bregonzio, Claudia ^b   Penissi, Alicia ^c   Deis, Ricardo P ^a  

^a Laboratorio de Reproduccion y Lactancia Mendoza   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Immunohistochemistry; Mifepristone; Naloxone; Pregnancy; Prolactin; TIDA neurons; Tyrosine hydroxylase; Western blot

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; DOPAMINE; MIFEPRISTONE; NALOXONE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; HORMONE INHIBITION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HYDRAZINES; HYPOTHALAMUS; MIFEPRISTONE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 33845745328     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096825     Document Type: Article

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