Attenuation of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Reflex to Coitus by α1-adrenergic Receptor Blockade in the Rabbit

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 218, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 204-209

  Yang, Shu Ping ^a   Francis Pau, K Y ^a   Airhart, Nathan ^a   Spies, Harold G ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NORADRENALIN; PRAZOSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONADORELIN RELEASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; RABBIT;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; COPULATION; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PRAZOSIN; RABBITS;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0031813843     PISSN: 00379727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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