Vasopressin induces a luteinizing hormone surge in ovariectomized, estradiol-treated rats with lesions of the suprachiasmatic nucleus

Neuroscience

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 659-666

  Palm, I F ^a,b   Van Der Beek, E M ^b   Wiegant, V M ^b,c   Buijs, R M ^a   Kalsbeek, A ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Luteinizing hormone surge; Medial preoptic area; Microdialysis; Suprachiasmatic nucleus; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; ESTRADIOL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MICRODIALYSIS; OVARIECTOMY; PREOPTIC AREA; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0032770939     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(99)00106-2     Document Type: Article

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