Periventricular preoptic area neurons coactivated with luteinizing hormone (LH)-releasing hormone (LHRH) neurons at the time of the LH surge are LHRH afferents

Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 510-519

  Le, Wei Wei ^a   Berghorn, Kathie A ^b   Rassnick, Stefanie ^c   Hoffman, Gloria E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; SENSORY NERVE;

EID: 0032919652     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.140.1.6403     Document Type: Article

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