GnRH-dependent up-regulation of nitric oxide synthase I level in pituitary gonadotrophs mediates cGMP elevation during rat proestrus

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 143, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 43-51

  Lozach, Anne ^a   Garrel, Ghislaine ^a   Lerrant, Yannick ^a,b   Bérault, Annette ^a   Counis, Raymond ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Universite Francaise du Pacifique   (France)

Author keywords

Anterior pituitary; Estrus cycle; NADPH diaphorase; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; ENDOCRINE CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT;

ANIMALS; CYCLIC GMP; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PITUITARY GLAND; PROESTRUS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0032566294     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(98)00135-X     Document Type: Article

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