Evidence for a physiological role for nitric oxide in the regulation of the lh surge: Effect of central administration of antisense oligonucleotides to nitric oxide synthase

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 449-455

  Aguan, Kripamoy ^a   Mahesh, Virendra B ^a   Ping, Lin ^a   Bhat, Ganapathy ^a   Brann, Darrell W ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisense oligonucleotides; Gonadotropins; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; ESTRADIOL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0030470428     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000127151     Document Type: Article

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