Physiological roles of prolactin in the adrenocortical response to acute restraint stress

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 703-711

  Jaroenporn, Sukanya ^a,b   Nagaoka, Kentaro ^c   Kasahara, Chizuru ^b   Ohta, Ryo ^d   Watanabe, Gen ^a,b   Taya, Kazuyoshi ^a,b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d HATANO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

HPA axis; Hyperprolactinemia; Hypoprolactinemia; Stress

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; PROLACTIN RELEASE; RAT; ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; WISTAR RAT;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 40649083086     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.K07-003     Document Type: Article

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