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ArticleNeuroendocrinology2009

Substance P-immunoreactive cells in the ovine pars tuberalis.

Donal C Skinner, A Lee Lang, Lindsay Pahl, Qi Wang

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Article in Neuroendocrinology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Donal C SkinnerDepartment of Zoology and Physiology, and Neurobiology Program, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyo. 82071, USA. dcs@uwyo.edu
A Lee Lang
Lindsay Pahl
Qi Wang
Wyoming Department of Education · USUniversity of Wyoming · US

Funding

VENTRICULAR MYOCYTE FUNCTION IN HEALTH AND DISEASEP20RR015640 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING · PI SKINNER, DONAL C · 2000 to 2010
$15.7M
NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR015640NCRR NIH HHS P20RR015640
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The pars tuberalis (PT) is a distinct subdivision of the anterior pituitary gland that plays a central role in regulating seasonal prolactin release. In sheep, there is compelling evidence that seasonal changes in light, transformed into a melatonin signal, are interpreted by the PT to modulate the release of a factor which affects prolactin release. The identity of this factor(s) is unknown but has been preemptively called 'tuberalin'. In the present study, we report on an initial immunocytochemical investigation where we have identified that many ovine PT cells are immunoreactive for the tachykinin substance P (SP). Few cells in the pars distalis immunoreact for SP. The SP-immunoreactive cells did not colocalize with beta-luteinizing hormone. RT-PCR confirmed the presence of preprotachykinin A mRNA in the PT. We hypothesize that SP, and possibly other preprotachykinin A-derived tachykinins, may play a role in the seasonal regulation of prolactin secretion in sheep.

Indexed as

AnimalsImmunohistochemistryMalePituitary Gland, AnteriorProlactinProtein PrecursorsReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, MessengerSeasonsSheepSubstance PTachykininspreprotachykininProlactinProtein PrecursorsRNA, MessengerSubstance PTachykinins

Identifiers

PMID18974628
PMCPMC3141346
OpenAlexW2038546766

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