Dual effect of electrochemical stimulation of the medial preoptic area on the release of LH: Possible neurotransmitter involvement

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 114-121

  Taleisnik, Samuel ^a   Haymal, Beatríz ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN MÉDICA MERCEDES Y MARTÍN FERREYRA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

gamma; Aminobutyric acid; Electrochemical stimulation; Gonadotropins; Medial preoptic area; Opioid peptides; Preoptic nucleus; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; METHYSERGIDE; NALOXONE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; OPIATE PEPTIDE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; METHYSERGIDE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; OVULATION; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0030746418     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000127227     Document Type: Article

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