Galanin is a paracrine inhibitor of gonadotroph function in the female rat

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 4222-4229

  Todd, J F ^a   Small, C J ^a   Akinsanya, K O ^a   Stanley, S A ^a   Smith, D M ^a   Bloom, S R ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GALANIN; GALANIN RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; HORMONE RELEASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; PROLACTIN RELEASE; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 0031734448     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.10.6240     Document Type: Article

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