Variations in hypothalamic somatostatin release and content during the estrous cycle in the rat

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 181-187

  Estupina, Corinne ^a   Pinter, Albin ^b   Belmar, Jorge ^b   Astier, Hélène ^a   Arancibia, Sandor ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Castration; Estrous cycle; Gonadal steroids; Median eminence; Somatostatin

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; NEUROHORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; ESTROGEN THERAPY; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; SOMATOSTATIN BLOOD LEVEL; SOMATOSTATIN RELEASE;

ANIMALS; ESTROGENS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MEDIAN EMINENCE; OVARIECTOMY; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOMATOSTATIN;

EID: 0030030340     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000126955     Document Type: Article

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