A direct neuronal connection between the subparafascicular and ventrolateral arcuate nuclei in non-lactating female rats. Could this pathway play a role in the suckling-induced prolactin release?

Endocrine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 62-70

  Szabo, Flora K ^a,b   Snyder, Natalie ^c   Usdin, Ted B ^d   Hoffman, Gloria E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b University of Maryland ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ante and retrograde tracing; Immunohistochemistry; Lactation; Prolactin; Rat

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; DOPAMINE; OXYTOCIN; PROLACTIN; TRACER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTATION; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; RAT; SUCKLING; THALAMUS; TUBEROHYPOPHYSEAL TRACT;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BIOTIN; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; DEXTRANS; DYNORPHINS; FEMALE; GALANIN; HYPOTHALAMUS, POSTERIOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; NEURONAL TRACT-TRACERS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PROLACTIN; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STILBAMIDINES; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 75949084200     PISSN: 1355008X     EISSN: 15590100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12020-009-9266-z     Document Type: Article

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