Expression of brain prolactin releasing peptide (PrRP) changes in the estrous cycle of female rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 419, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-42

  Feng, Yi ^a   Zhao, Hong ^a   An, Xiao Fei ^a,b   Ma, Su Lan ^a   Chen, Bo Ying ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jiangshu Province Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Estrous cycle; Gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH); Prolactin releasing peptide (PrRP)

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROLACTIN RELEASING PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER MICROSCOPY; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; METESTRUS; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; STRIA TERMINALIS; VAGINA CYTOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES; NEUROPEPTIDES; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 34247891580     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.03.069     Document Type: Article

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