Adrenalectomy reverses stress-induced suppression of luteinizing hormone secretion in long-term ovariectomized rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 1147-1150

  McGivern, Robert F ^a   Redei, Eva ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenalectomy; Corticosterone; CRF; Glucocorticoids; LH; Luteinizing hormone; Ovariectomy; Rats; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL; AROUSAL; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARIECTOMY; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028176270     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(94)90402-2     Document Type: Article

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