Chronic alcohol administration increases serum prolactin level and pituitary cell proliferation, and alters hypothalamus neurotransmitters in rat

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 170-175

  Li, Na ^a   Shi, Xiaobo ^a   Fu, Shuxin ^a   Zhu, Fufan ^a   Yang, Saihua ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Hypothalamus; Neurotransmitter; Pituitary; Prolactin; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; DOPAMINE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT;

EID: 80051630644     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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