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Pituitary cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript expression depends on the strain, sex and oestrous cycle in the rat.
Journal of neuroendocrinology - 1 Jun 2006
Kappeler L, Gautron L, Layé S, Dantzer R, Zizzari P, Epelbaum J, Bluet-Pajot M T
Abstract excerpt
Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) mRNA and peptides are abundant in the adenohypophysis, but their role in pituitary function has not yet been elucidated. CART peptides were recently shown to colocalise with luteinising hormone (LH) or prolactin in rat anterior pituitary, and contradictory results concerning the peptide effects on pituitary hormonal secretions were obtained in vitro from...
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