Adrenal glucocorticoids do not mediate impaired reproductive function induced by lipopolysaccharide in rats

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-28

  Watanobe, Hajime ^a   Habu, Satoshi ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenal steroids; Endotoxin; Gonadotropins; Hypogonadism; Lipopolysaccharide; Neuroimmune interactions; Rhythms

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CYTOKINE; ENDOTOXIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OPIATE PEPTIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN; STEROID;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTOXEMIA; GENITAL SYSTEM; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SHEEP;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PERIODICITY; RATS;

EID: 0042665780     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071702     Document Type: Article

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