Orexin-A suppresses the pulsatile secretion of luteinizing hormone via/β-endorphin

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 281, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 232-236

  Irahara, Minoru ^a   Tamura, Takao ^a   Matuzaki, Toshiya ^a   Saito, Seiichiro ^a   Yasui, Toshiyuki ^a   Yamano, Shuji ^a   Kamada, Masaharu ^a   Aono, Toshihiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

GnRH; LH; Naloxone; Orexins; Pulse; endorphin

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NALOXONE; OREXIN A; OREXIN B;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; RAT;

EID: 0034810687     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.4328     Document Type: Article

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