Proopiomelanocortin mRNA levels in ovine hypothalamus are not reduced at the time of the preovulatory luteinising hormone surge

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 803-808

  Walsh, John P ^a   Rao, Alexandra ^a   Simmons, Donna M ^a,b   Clarke, Lain J ^a  

^a HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

GnRH; Gonadotropin; In situ hybridization; Luteinising hormone; Opioid; Ovine hypothalamus; Proopiomelanocortin mRNA

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; ESTROGEN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP;

EID: 0031689976     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1998.00265.x     Document Type: Article

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