Release of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (Gn-Rh) from isolated, perifused medial-basal hypothalamus by melatonin

Endocrinology

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 1977, Pages 1723-1726

  Kao, Lidia Wei Liu ^a   Weisz, Judith ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; DOPAMINE; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; MELATONIN; NORADRENALIN; RADIOISOTOPE; SEROTONIN;

CYTOLOGY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; IN VITRO STUDY; PHARMACOKINETICS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMAL; DOPAMINE; GONADORELIN; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS, MIDDLE; MALE; MELATONIN; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; SEROTONIN; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0017682235     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo-100-6-1723     Document Type: Article

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