Influence of endogenous leptin tone on the estrous cycle and luteinizing hormone pulsatility in female rats

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 375-377

  Carro, Eva ^a   Pinilla, Leonor ^c   Seoane, Luisa M ^a   Considine, Robert V ^d   Aguilar, Enrique ^c   Casanueva, Felipe F ^b   Dieguez, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrous cycle; Gonadotropins; Leptin

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ESTRUS; FEMALE; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SECRETORY RATE;

EID: 0030727778     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000127262     Document Type: Article

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