Evidence that gonadal steroids modulate nitric oxide efflux in the medial preoptic area: Effects of N-methyl-D-aspartate and correlation with luteinizing hormone secretion

Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1949-1955

  Pu, Shuye ^b   Xu, Bin ^b   Kalra, Satya P ^b   Kalra, Pushpa S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; CYCLIC GMP; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029863443     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.5.8612535     Document Type: Article

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