Effects of sulpiride on prolactin and mRNA levels of steroid 5α-reductase isozymes in adult rat brain

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 820-825

  Sánchez, Pilar ^a   Torres, Jesús M ^a   Vílchez, Pablo ^b   Del Moral, Raimundo G ^b   Ortega, Esperanza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

5 reductase isozymes; Adult rat; mRNA levels; Prefrontal cortex; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROLACTIN; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE 1; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE 2; SULPIRIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; ISOENZYMES; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SULPIRIDE; TESTOSTERONE 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE;

RATTUS;

EID: 41049106042     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-007-9512-9     Document Type: Article

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