Effect of alcohol on the proestrous surge of luteinizing hormone (LH) and the activation of LH-releasing hormone (LHRH) neurons in the female rat

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2595-2604

  Ogilvie, Kathleen M ^a   Rivier, Catherine ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol; ethanol; GnRH; gonadotropin releasing hormone; LH; LHRH; lutainizing hormone; luteinizing hormone releasing hormone; proestrous

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ESTRUS; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030962603     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-07-02595.1997     Document Type: Article

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