Kisspeptin Regulates Tuberoinfundibular Dopaminergic Neurones and Prolactin Secretion in an Oestradiol-Dependent Manner in Male and Female Rats

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 88-99

  Ribeiro, A B ^a   Leite, C M ^a   Kalil, B ^a   Franci, C R ^a   Anselmo Franci, J A ^a   Szawka, Raphael E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Kisspeptin; Luteinising hormone; Oestrogen; Prolactin; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; KISSPEPTIN 10; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OIL; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE; KISS1 PROTEIN, RAT; KISSPEPTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASTRATED MALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FEMALE; GONAD; HORMONE DEPENDENCE; HYPOPHYSIS INTERMEDIATE LOBE; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TUBEROINFUNDIBULAR DOPAMINERGIC NEURON; ANIMAL; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS);

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS OF HYPOTHALAMUS; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; KISSPEPTINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PROLACTIN; RATS;

EID: 84921498758     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jne.12242     Document Type: Article

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