Dopaminergic A14/A15 neurons are activated during estradiol negative feedback in anestrous, but not breeding season, ewes

Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 4443-4450

  Lehman, Michael N ^b   Durham, David M ^b   Jansen, Heiko T ^b   Adrian, Brian ^a,c   Goodman, Robert L ^c  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; ESTRADIOL; GENE PRODUCT; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANESTRUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FEMALE; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

EID: 0029745384     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.10.8828506     Document Type: Article

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