α-Adrenergic receptor antagonism and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) induced luteinizing hormone release in female rhesus macaques

Brain Research

Volumn 744, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 96-104

  Urbanski, Henryk F ^a,b   Garyfallou, Vasilios T ^a   Kohama, Steven G ^a   Hess, David L ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

glutamate; GnRH; idazoxan; locus coeruleus; prazosin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GONADORELIN; IDAZOXAN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PRAZOSIN; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCUS CERULEUS; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; IDAZOXAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LOCUS COERULEUS; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MACACA MULATTA; N-METHYLASPARTATE; PRAZOSIN; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RNA, MESSENGER; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0031016369     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01083-9     Document Type: Article

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