Evidence that neuronal nitric oxide synthase but not heme oxygenase increases in the hypothalamus on proestrus afternoon

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 360-367

  Lamar, Charisee A ^a   Bhat, Ganapathy K ^a   Mahesh, Virendra B ^a   Brann, Darrell W ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Estrus cycle; Gonadotropin; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Heme oxygenase; Nitric oxide; Preoptic area

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; GONADORELIN; HEME OXYGENASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN; STEROID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; METESTRUS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032752910     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054497     Document Type: Article

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