Pulsatile gonadotuopin-releasing hormone (GnRH) secretion is an inherent function of GnRH neurons, as revealed by the culture of medial olfactory placode obtained from embryonic rats

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 138-144

  Funabashi, Toshiya ^a   Daikoku, Shigeo ^a   Shinohara, Kazuyuki ^a   Kimura, Fukuko ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Olfactory placode; Pulsatility; Pulse; Slice culture; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; FOREBRAIN; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; CELL SIZE; CYTOLOGY; FETUS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PULSATILE FLOW; SECRETION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; FETUS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; NEURONS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PULSATILE FLOW; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 0033621755     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054529     Document Type: Article

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