Blockade of tyrosine hydroxylase activity in the median eminence partially reverses the long day-induced inhibition of pulsatile LH secretion in the ewe

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 551-558

  Viguié, Catherine ^a   Picard, Sophie ^a   Thiéry, Jean Claude ^a   Malpaux, Benoît ^a  

^a UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

Author keywords

LH; Median eminence; Prolactin; Sheep; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; DOPAMINE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; METIROSINE; PROLACTIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; SHEEP;

ALPHA-METHYLTYROSINE; ANIMALS; DRUG IMPLANTS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; MICRODIALYSIS; PERIODICITY; PHOTOPERIOD; PROLACTIN; SHEEP; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0031835298     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1998.00237.x     Document Type: Article

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