کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2023196 1542442 2007 5 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Reduced urocortin 1 immunoreactivity in the non-preganglionic Edinger–Westphal nucleus during late pregnancy in rats
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی زیست شیمی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Reduced urocortin 1 immunoreactivity in the non-preganglionic Edinger–Westphal nucleus during late pregnancy in rats
چکیده انگلیسی

Pregnancy is accompanied by an array of adaptive changes that play an important role in pre- and postnatal events. In rats, urocortin 1, a corticotropin-releasing factor-like peptide, is expressed mainly in the non-preganglionic Edinger–Westphal nucleus. We investigated the number of neurons immunoreactive for urocortin 1 at three different levels of the Edinger–Westphal nucleus in female rats by immunohistochemistry. The number of urocortin 1 immunoreactive cells was found to be decreased in pregnant rats compared to virgin rats. These results indicate that the hormonal status of the female rat affects urocortin 1 immunoreactive neurons in the non-preganglionic Edinger–Westphal nucleus and its signaling to target brain areas.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Regulatory Peptides - Volume 143, Issues 1–3, 4 October 2007, Pages 34–38
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