Effects of the cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript peptide on the turnover of dopamine in tuberoinfundibular neurons and serum prolactin levels: Studies using estrogen, melanin concentrating hormone, and melanocortin

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1070-1080

  Yang, Shu Chuan ^a,b   Shieh, Kun Ruey ^c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

melanocyte stimulating hormone; Gender dependence; Hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERMEDIN[11-22][11 (N ACETYLCYSTEINE) 14 [3 (2 NAPHTHYL) DEXTRO ALANINE] 18 CYSTEINE 22 ASPARTIC ACID AMIDE] 11,18 CYCLIC DISULFIDE; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; ESTROGEN; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; MELANOCORTIN; N ACETYL ALPHA INTERMEDIN[4-10]CYCLO[4 NORLEUCINE 5 ASPARTIC ACID 7 [3 (2 NAPHTHYL)ALANINE] 10 LYSINAMIDE];

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; HYPOPHYSIS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; TUBEROHYPOPHYSEAL TRACT;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; EATING; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONES; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 8844259559     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2004.06.028     Document Type: Article

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