Chronic repeated restraint stress increases prolactin-releasing peptide/tyrosine-hydroxylase ratio with gender-related differences in the rat brain

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 653-666

  Tóth, Zsuzsanna E ^a   Zelena, Dóra ^b   Mergl, Zsuzsa ^b   Kirilly, Eszter ^a,c   Várnai, Péter ^a   Mezey, Éva ^d   Makara, Gábor B ^b   Palkovits, Miklós ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Hungary)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor alpha; Gender related difference; Hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus lesion; In situ hybridization; Rat

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; PROLACTIN RELEASING FACTOR; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES; MALE; NEUROPEPTIDES; OVARIECTOMY; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

RATTUS;

EID: 38049105876     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.05069.x     Document Type: Article

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