Ovarian steroid-independent diurnal rhythm in cyclic GMP/nitric oxide efflux in the medial preoptic area: Possible role in preovulatory and ovarian steroid-induced LH surge

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 617-625

  Pu, Shuye ^a   Kalra, Pushpa S ^a   Kalra, Satya P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclic GMP; LH surge; Medial preoptic area; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

1,2,4 OXADIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; BRAIN ENZYME; CYCLIC GMP; ENZYME INHIBITOR; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PENTOBARBITAL; PROGESTERONE; STEROID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT;

EID: 0031874187     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1998.00245.x     Document Type: Article

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