Hypothalamic control of FSH and LH by FSH-RF, LHRH, cytokines, leptin and nitric oxide

NeuroImmunoModulation

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 193-202

  McCann, Samuel M ^a   Kimura, Mayumi ^a   Walczewska, Anna ^a   Karanth, Sharada ^a   Rettori, Valeria ^b   Yu, Wen H ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cyclooxygenase; Glutamic acid; Guanylate cyclase; Nitric oxide synthase; Norepinephrine; Oxytocin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACTIVIN; CYTOKINE; DOPAMINE; FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; GONADORELIN; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; INHIBIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELATONIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NORADRENALIN; OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; GONADORELIN RELEASE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS, PITUITARY; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEINS;

EID: 0031697540     PISSN: 10217401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026337     Document Type: Review

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