Increased galanin and neuropeptide-Y immunoreactivity within the hypothalamus of ovariectomised ewes following a prolonged period of reduced body weight is associated with changes in plasma growth hormone but not gonadotropin levels

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 194-207

  Barker Gibb, Mandi L ^a   Clarke, Iain J ^a  

^a HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus; Feeding; Galanin; Gonadotropins; Growh; Growth hormone; Neuropeptide Y; Ovine; Paraventricular nucleus; Pre optic area

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GALANIN; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SOMATOSTATIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPETITE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GALANIN; GONADOTROPINS, PITUITARY; GROWTH HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0029740591     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000127118     Document Type: Article

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