Catecholamine synthesizing enzymes in the hypothalamus during the estrous cycle

Brain Research

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 1980, Pages 437-445

  Carr, Laurence A ^a   Voogt, James L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

catecholamine; dopamine hydroxylase; estrous cycle; LH; prolactin; tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

1; 6 METHYLTETRAHYDROPTERIN; BIS(4 METHYL 1 HOMOPIPERAZINYLTHIOCARBONYL)DISULFIDE; DIETHYLDITHIOCARBAMIC ACID; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; OXIDOPAMINE; OXYGENASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ESTRUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; TYROSINE H 3;

ANIMAL; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PREGNANCY; PROLACTIN; RATS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0018962817     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(80)90407-2     Document Type: Article

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