Effects of chronic intracerebral prolactin on the oxytocinergic and vasopressinergic system of virgin ovariectomized rats

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 315-322

  Donner, Nina ^a   Neumann, Inga D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

C fos; Oxytocin; Paraventricular nucleus; Prolactin; Restraint stress; Supraoptic nucleus; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; OXYTOCIN; PROLACTIN;

ACUTE STRESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; LACTATION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; OSMOTIC MINIPUMP; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; OXYTOCIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PROLACTIN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 70350294359     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000225986     Document Type: Article

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