Figure 2
Parasagittal section through the mediobasal hypothalamus and pituitary of the rat illustrating schematically the location of axonal projections of A12 tuberoinfundibular (TI) DA neurons, and the regulation of these neurons by prolactin.  Abbreviations: AL, anterior lobe; IL, intermediate lobe; ME, median eminence; NL, neural lobe. 

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published 2000