Nitric oxide plays an important role in the diurnal change of tuberoinfundibular dopaminergic neuronal activity and prolactin secretion in ovariectomized, estrogen/progesterone-treated rats

Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 286-291

  Yen, Shih Hui ^a   Pan, Jenn Tser ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ESTROGEN; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITRITE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; RAT; TUBEROHYPOPHYSEAL TRACT;

EID: 0032944082     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.140.1.6446     Document Type: Article

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