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Symbol PRLHR contributors: - updated : 17-03-2006
HGNC name prolactin releasing hormone receptor
HGNC id 4464
ANIMAL & CELL MODELS
  • beginning at 16 weeks of age on a normal diet, mice lacking Prlhr overate, became obese, had increased body fat as well as leptin and insulin levels, and showed decreased glucose tolerance
  • Prlhr -/- mice had higher nociceptive thresholds and stronger stress-induced analgesia than wildtype mice, and that these differences could be suppressed by naloxone