Galanin's functional significance in the regulation of the neuroendocrine reproductive axis of the monkey

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 16-26

  Finn, Patricia D ^a   Pau, K Y Francis ^c   Spies, Harold G ^c,d   Cunningham, Matthew J ^a   Clifton, Donald K ^a,b   Steiner, Robert A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galanin; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Gonadotropins; Hypothalamus; In situ hybridization; Mediobasal; Monkey

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GALANIN; GONADORELIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MACACA; NERVE CELL; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY;

EID: 0033957544     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054516     Document Type: Article

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