Effect of progesterone withdrawal on hypothalamic mechanisms related to prolactin release in late pregnant rats

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 148-157

  Bonafede, Melisa M ^a   Valdez, Susana R ^a,b   Campo Verde Arboccó, Fiorella ^a   Pennacchio, Gisela E ^a   Soaje, Marta ^a,c   Jahn, Graciela A ^a  

^a Laboratorio de Reproduccion y Lactancia Mendoza   (Argentina)

^b Instituto de Ciencias Básicas UNCuyo 5500 Mendoza   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Estrogens; Pregnancy; Progesterone; Prolactin; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; DOPAMINE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; PROLACTIN RECEPTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; STAT5A PROTEIN; STAT5B PROTEIN; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 1; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 3; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEOLYSIS; MEDIOBASAL HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DINOPROST; DOPAMINE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEOLYTIC AGENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 80053384387     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000328280     Document Type: Article

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