Influence of maternal pineal gland on the developmental pattern of neurokinin A (NKA) and substance P (SP) in male-rat-offspring: Relationship to the season of the year

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 368, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 243-248

  Vazquez Moreno N ^a   Debeljuk, L ^b   Diaz Rodriguez E ^a   Fernandez Alvarez C ^a   Diaz Lopez B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frontal cortex; Maternal pineal gland; Neurokinin A; Striatum; Substance P; Testes

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; NEUROKININ A; SUBSTANCE P; TACHYKININ;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PINEALECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TESTIS;

EID: 4544306307     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.04.038     Document Type: Article

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