Presence of κ-opioid tone at the onset of the ovulatory luteinizing hormone surge in the proestrous rat

Brain Research

Volumn 980, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 135-139

  Zhang, Qiang ^a   Gallo, Robert V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Luteinizing hormone surge; Norbinaltorphimine; Opioid receptors

Indexed keywords

KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NORBINALTORPHIMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE INHIBITION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; TIME;

EID: 0038303784     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(03)02965-2     Document Type: Article

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