Continuous stimulation of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) receptors by GnRH agonist decreases pituitary GnRH receptor messenger ribonucleic acid concentration in immature female rats

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 115-118

  Sakakibara, Hideya ^a   Taga, Michiyoshi ^a   Ikeda, Mario ^a   Kurogi, Keiko ^a   Minaguchi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Desensitization; GnRH analog; GnRH receptor; mRNA; Pituitary gland

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029980609     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.43.115     Document Type: Article

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