Central administration of antiserum to vasoactive intestinal peptide delays and reduces luteinizing hormone and prolactin surges in ovariectomized, estrogen-treated rats

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 227-237

  Van Der Beek, Eline M ^a   Swarts, Hans J M ^a   Wiegant, Victor M ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Gonadal steroids; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Gonadotropins; Prolactin; Suprachiasmatic nucleus; Vasoactive intestinal peptide

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; RAT;

EID: 0032956525     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054423     Document Type: Article

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