Evidence that melatonin acts in the premammillary hypothalamic area to control reproduction in the ewe: Presence of binding sites and stimulation of luteinizing hormone secretion by in situ microimplant delivery

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1508-1516

  Malpaux, Benoît ^a   Daveau, Agnès ^a   Maurice Mandon, Françoise ^a   Duarte, Gerardo ^b   Chemineau, Philippe ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA AGRARIA ANTONIO NARRO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELATONIN; SILASTIC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; INFUNDIBULUM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MAMMILLARY BODY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; RECEPTOR DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SHEEP; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031792589     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.4.5879     Document Type: Article

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