Masculinizing effect of dihydrotestosterone on growth hormone secretion is inhibited in ovariectomized rats with anterolateral deafferentation of the medial basal hypothalamus or in intact female rats

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 369-375

  Tamura, H ^a   Sugihara, H ^a   Kamegai, J ^a   Minami, S ^a   Wakabayashi, Ichiji ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Androgens; Growth hormone; Hypothalamus; Pulsatile hormone secretion; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; GROWTH HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRILIZATION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS, MIDDLE; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0034099270     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.2000.00465.x     Document Type: Article

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