Hypoglycemia-lnduced inhibition of lh and stimulation of ACTH secretion in the rhesus monkey is blocked by alprazolam

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 344-352

  Van Vugt, Dean A ^a   Washburn, David L S ^a   Farley, Anne E ^a   Reid, Robert L ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alprazolam; Corticotropin; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Gonadotropins; Hypoglycemia; Stress; Aminobutyric acid

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CORTICOTROPIN; ENDORPHIN; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NALOXONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RHESUS MONKEY; SERUM;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ALPRAZOLAM; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEMALE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN; KINETICS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MACACA MULATTA; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; OVARIECTOMY;

EID: 0030947806     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000127194     Document Type: Article

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