Facilitation or inhibition of the estradiol-induced gonadotropin surge in the immature rat by progesterone: Regulation of GnRH and LH messenger RNAs and activation of GnRH neurons

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 589-599

  Attardi, Barbara ^a,b   Klatt, Brian ^d   Hoffman, Gloria E ^d   Smith, M Susan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

cFos; GnRH; LH surge; Progesterone; subunit

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN C FOS; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030751369     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1997.00610.x     Document Type: Article

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