Antiprogestin RU486 blunts the stimulatory effect of galanin on LH secretion from rat pituitaries in vitro in an estrous cycle stage-dependent manner

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 305, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 73-75

  Sanchez Criado J E ^a   Bellido, C ^a   Aguilar, R ^a   Garrido Gracia, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Galanin; Luteinizing hormone; Progesterone receptor; Rat pituitary; RU486

Indexed keywords

ANTIGESTAGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GALANIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MIFEPRISTONE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN; NEUROPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOPHYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE CULTURE; ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; HYPOTHALAMUS; METESTRUS; PROESTRUS;

ANIMALS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GALANIN; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; METESTRUS; MIFEPRISTONE; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PROESTRUS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0035827460     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(01)01799-2     Document Type: Article

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