Role of the hypothalamic-pituitary adrenal axis in the suppression of luteinizing hormone release by delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 446-452

  Jackson, April L ^a   Murphy, Laura L ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticotropin; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Delta 9 tetrahydrocannabinol; Gonadotropins

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR DERIVATIVE; DRONABINOL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030955622     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000127208     Document Type: Article

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