Effects of naloxone on the serum luteinizing hormone level and the number of Fos-positive gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons in immature female rats

Brain Research

Volumn 858, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 129-135

  He, Deqin ^a   Mitsushima, Dai ^a   Uemura, Tsuguo ^a   Hirahara, Fumiki ^a   Funabashi, Toshiya ^a   Shinohara, Kazuyuki ^a   Kimura, Fukuko ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fos; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Luteinizing hormone; Naloxone; Opioid receptor; Puberty

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; NALOXONE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMMATURITY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MATURITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NALOXONE; NEURONS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PREOPTIC AREA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0033956148     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)02447-6     Document Type: Article

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