Alteration in G proteins and prolactin levels in pituitary after ethanol and estrogen treatment

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 806-813

  Chaturvedi, Kirti ^a   Sarkar, Dipak K ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Ethanol; Female Rats; G Proteins; Prolactin; Prolactinomas

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ESTROGEN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PROLACTIN; PROTEIN GI1; PROTEIN GI2; PROTEIN GI3; PROTEIN GQ11; STIMULATORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; ORGAN SIZE; PITUITARY GLAND; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

RATTUS;

EID: 42549133915     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2008.00638.x     Document Type: Article

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