Prolactin: A pleiotropic neuroendocrine hormone

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 752-763

  Grattan, David R ^a   Kokay, I C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hypothalamus; Maternal brain; Pregnancy; Prolactin; Short loop feedback

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; DOPAMINE; ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; JANUS KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; OXYTOCIN; PROLACTIN; PROLACTIN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN) II; PROTEIN KINASE C; SALSOLINOL; STAT5B PROTEIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANXIETY; APPETITE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL ACTIVATION; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FOOD INTAKE; GLIA CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE INHIBITION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LACTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MITOGENESIS; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; DOPAMINE; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEURONS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; PROLACTIN; RECEPTORS, PROLACTIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 45549089523     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2008.01736.x     Document Type: Review

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