Regulation of gonadotropin releasing hormone release by neuropeptide Y at the median eminence during the preovulatory period in ewes

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 246-257

  Advis, Juan P ^a   Klein, J ^a   Kuljis, R O ^b   Sarkar, D K ^a   McDonald, J M ^c   Conover, C A ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Gonadotropins; Neuropeptide Y; Ovine; Ovulation

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROPEPTIDE Y RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; PROGESTERONE; SILASTIC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CANNULA; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; INFUNDIBULUM; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; MOLECULAR PROBE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PLEXUS; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; OVULATION; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TISSUE PERFUSION;

ANIMALS; ESTROUS CYCLE; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PITUITARY GLAND; SHEEP; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0037869111     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070280     Document Type: Article

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