Leptin Acts at the Bovine Adenohypophysis to Enhance Basal and Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone-Mediated Release of Luteinizing Hormone: Differential Effects Are Dependent upon Nutritional History

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1539-1544

  Amstalden, M ^a   Zieba, D A ^a   Edwards, J F ^b   Harms, P G ^a   Welsh Jr , T H ^a   Stanko, R L ^a,c   Williams, G L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior pituitary; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Hypothalamus; Leptin; Luteinizing hormone

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GONADORELIN; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; RECOMBINANT LEPTIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FASTING; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; OVARIECTOMY; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; OVIS;

EID: 0242330334     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.018119     Document Type: Article

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