Pituitary changes involved in prolactin secretion induced by mifepristone and naloxone during late pregnancy

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 200-209

  Villegas Gabutti, Carlos ^a   Ezquer, Marcelo ^a   Deis, Ricardo ^a   Maldonado, Cristina ^b   Soaje, Marta ^a  

^a Laboratorio de Reproduccion y Lactancia Mendoza   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Mifepristone; Naloxone; Opiate peptides; Pituitary; Pregnancy; Progesterone; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MIFEPRISTONE; NALOXONE; PROLACTIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOLGI COMPLEX; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE INHIBITION; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PROLACTIN SECRETING CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SECRETORY GRANULE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 61749103809     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000161113     Document Type: Article

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