Differential sensitivity of specific neuronal populations of the rat hypothalamus to prolactin action

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 520, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1062-1077

  Sapsford, Tony J ^a   Kokay, Ilona C ^a   Östberg, Lovisa ^a   Bridges, Robert S ^b   Grattan, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypothalamus; NEDA neurons; Oxytocin; Prolactin; PSTAT5

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PROLACTIN; STAT5 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL POPULATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RESPONSE; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; PREDICTION; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; ROSTRAL PREOPTIC AREA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84855965218     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22775     Document Type: Article

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