Prolactin promotes oxytocin and vasopressin release by activating neuronal nitric oxide synthase in the supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 299, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Vega, Claudia ^a   Moreno Carranza, Bibiana ^a   Zamorano, Miriam ^a   Quintanar Stéphano, Andrés ^b   Méndez, Isabel ^a,c   Thebault, Stéphanie ^a   De La Escalera, Gonzalo Martínez ^a   Clapp, Carmen ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROBIOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE AGUASCALIENTES   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Central prolactin; Hyperprolactinemia; Hypothalamo neurohypophyseal system; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXYTOCIN; PROLACTIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; INDAZOLES; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; OXYTOCIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 78649901068     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00575.2010     Document Type: Article

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