L-arginine/nitric oxide amplifies the magnitude and duration of the luteinizing hormone surge induced by estrogen: Involvement of neuropeptide Y

Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1956-1962

  Bonavera, Juan J ^a,b   Kalra, Pushpa S ^a   Kalra, Satya P ^a  

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

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; ARGININE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; SILASTIC;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029923353     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.5.8612536     Document Type: Article

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