Decline in immediate early gene expression in gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons during proestrus in regularly cycling, middle-aged rats

Endocrinology

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 1800-1805

  Lloyd, Jonathan M ^a,c   Hoffman, Gloria E ^b   Wise, Phyllis M ^a,d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0028346636     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.134.4.8137745     Document Type: Article

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