Intracerebroventricular administration of melanin-concentrating hormone suppresses pulsatile luteinizing hormone release in the female rat

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 529-534

  Tsukamura, H ^a   Thompson, R C ^b   Tsukahara, S ^a   Ohkura, S ^c   Maekawa, F ^a   Moriyama, R ^a   Niwa, Y ^a   Foster, D L ^b   Maeda, K I ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Intracerebroventricular; Luteinizing hormone pulse; Melanin concentrating hormone; Oestradiol

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; RAT;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELANINS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PITUITARY HORMONES; PULSATILE FLOW; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0034068585     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.2000.00482.x     Document Type: Article

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