The GnRH increase following progesterone withdrawal is associated with an increased glutamatergic tone in the preoptic area of the ovariectomized ewe

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 839, Issue , 1998, Pages 363-364

  Caraty, Alain ^a   Skinner, Donal Colin ^b   Huyghe, Bruno ^a   Bertault, Tatiana ^a   Picard, Sophie ^a   Delaleu, Bernadette ^a   Malpaux, Benoît ^a   Thiéry, Jean Claude ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PERIKARYON; PREOPTIC AREA; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0032524550     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10797.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

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2. GAYRARD V., MALPAUX B. & THIÉRY J.C. 1992. Oestradiol increases the extracellular levels of amine metabolites in the ewe hypothalamus during anestrus: A microdialysis study. J. Endocrinol. 135: 421-430.
3. EYIGOR O. & JENNES L. 1996. Identification of glutamate receptor subtype mRNAs in gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons in rat brain. Endocrine 4: 133-139.