Mu and kappa opioid receptor expression in the mediobasal hypothalamus and effectiveness of selective antagonists on prolactin release during lactation

Neuroscience

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 359-367

  Tavakoli Nezhad, M ^a   Arbogast, L A ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Endogenous opioid peptides; Lactation; Median eminence; Rat; Tuberoinfundibular

Indexed keywords

BETA FUNALTREXAMINE; DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; DOPAMINE; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NORBINALTORPHIMINE; PROLACTIN; BETA-FUNALTREXAMINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; NALTREXONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; LACTATION; MEDIAN EMINENCE; MEDIOBASAL HYPOTHALAMUS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PITUITARY STALK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SUCKLING; TUBEROHYPOPHYSEAL TRACT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECRETION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SUCKING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; LACTATION; NALTREXONE; NEURONS; PROLACTIN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, KAPPA; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SUCKING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77951887882     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.12.066     Document Type: Article

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