Distribution of the Vasotocin Subtype Four Receptor (VT4R) in the Anterior Pituitary Gland of the Chicken, Gallus gallus, and its Possible Role in the Avian Stress Response

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 56-66

  Selvam, R ^a   Jurkevich, A ^b   Kang, S W ^a   Mikhailova, M V ^c   Cornett, L E ^c   Kuenzel, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticotrophs; Immobilisation; V1aR; Vasotocin receptors

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN; HORMONE RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOTOCIN SUBTYPE 4 RECEPTOR;

ACTH SECRETING CELL; ACUTE STRESS; ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GALLUS GALLUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING CELL; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; IMMOBILIZATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN SECRETING CELL; STRESS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CORTICOTROPHS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LACTOTROPHS; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; VASOTOCIN;

EID: 84871522902     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2012.02370.x     Document Type: Article

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