Prolactin actions in the brain

Hormones, Brain and Behavior Online

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2471-2504

  Grattan, D R ^a   Bridges, R S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Appetite; Arcuate nucleus; Choroid plexus; Fertility; Food intake; Lactation; Maternal behavior; Medial preoptic nucleus; Neurogenesis; Oxytocin; Paraventricular nucleus; Pregnancy; Prolactin; Tuberoinfundibular dopamine neurons

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884777430     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008088783-8.00079-6     Document Type: Chapter

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