Studies on tuberoinfundibular dopamine neurons.
All dopaminergic neurons in the central nervous system do not respond to pharmacological and endocrinological manipulations in the same manner. Tuberoinfundibular neurons appear to be regulated, in part, by circulating levels of prolactin. Prolactin increases the activity of these neurons by acting directly within the medial basal hypothalamus, possibly on the tuberoinfundibular neurons.
D000818:Animals; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D004958:Estradiol / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D006220:Haloperidol / Q000494:pharmacology; D007030:Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D008473:Median Eminence / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009830:Olfactory Bulb / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D011388:Prolactin / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats
D004958:Estradiol; D011388:Prolactin; D006220:Haloperidol; D004298:Dopamine