Effect of gonadal steroids and gamma-aminobutyric acid on LH release and dopamine expression and activity in the zona incerta in rats

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 189-197

  Kalia, V ^a   Fenske, C ^a   Hole, D R ^a   Wilson, C A ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; DOPAMINE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; LEVODOPA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ZONA INCERTA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032883312     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1170189     Document Type: Article

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