Dopamine-regulated adrenocorticotropic hormone secretion in lactating rats: Functional plasticity of melanotropes

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 391-401

  Oláh, Márk ^a   Fehér, Pálma ^b   Ihm, Zsófia ^a   Bácskay, Ildikó ^b   Kiss, Timea ^b   Freeman, Marc E ^c   Nagy, György M ^a   Vecsernyés, Miklós ^b  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Melanocyte stimulating hormone; Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Dopamine; Intermediate lobe; Lactation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; BROMOCRIPTINE; CORTICOTROPIN; DOMPERIDONE; DOPAMINE; ESTRADIOL; METIROSINE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; DENERVATION; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS INTERMEDIATE LOBE; HYPOPHYSIS NEURAL LOBE; LACTATION; MELANOTROPH; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SUCKLING;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ALPHA-METHYLTYROSINE; ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; BROMOCRIPTINE; DOMPERIDONE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; LACTATION; OVARIECTOMY; PITUITARY GLAND; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2;

EID: 71849114333     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000232313     Document Type: Article

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