Locus coeruleus lesions decrease norepinephrine input into the medial preoptic area and medial basal hypothalamus and block the LH, FSH and prolactin preovulatory surge

Brain Research

Volumn 767, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 289-296

  Anselmo Franci, Janet A ^a   Franci, Celso R ^b   Krulich, Ladislav ^c   Antunes Rodrigues, José ^b   McCann, Samuel M ^c  

^a Faculdade Odontol Ribeirao P   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HIAA content; Dopamine content; Follicle stimulating hormone; Norepinephrine; Plasma luteinizing hormone; Preoptic hypothalamic; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; ESTRUS CYCLE; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; LOCUS CERULEUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; OVULATION; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS, PITUITARY; HYPOTHALAMUS, MIDDLE; LOCUS COERULEUS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PREOPTIC AREA; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SECRETORY RATE;

EID: 0030768409     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00613-6     Document Type: Article

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