Lipopolysaccharide inhibits luteinizing hormone release through interaction with opioid and excitatory Amino acid inputs to gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurones in female rats: Possible evidence for a common mechanism involved in infection and immobilization stress

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 559-563

  He, D ^a   Sato, I ^a   Kimura, A ^b   Akema, Tatsuo ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

GnRH; LH; Lipopolysaccharide; Naloxone; NMDA

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GONADORELIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NALOXONE; OPIATE; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN FOS; STEROID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; HORMONE INHIBITION; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; INFECTION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME;

EID: 0038619013     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.2003.01031.x     Document Type: Article

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