Stimulatory effect of melanin-concentrating hormone on luteinising hormone release

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 254-262

  Gonzalez, Maria Isabel ^a   Baker, Bridget Ingeborg ^b   Wilson, Catherine Alice ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gonadotropins; Median eminence; Melanin concentrating hormone; Melanostimulating hormone; Pre optic area; Ventromedial nucleus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INNERVATION; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TELEOST; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; ZONA INCERTA;

EID: 0030982562     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000127246     Document Type: Article

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