Food restriction during lactation results in prolonged hyposensitivity to the positive-feedback effects of oestradiol

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1037-1045

  Abizaid, A ^a   Service, G ^a   Woodside, Barbara ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lactational infertility; Luteinizing hormone; Oestrogen receptor alpha; Progesterone receptors; Rats

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MIFEPRISTONE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CIRCULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LACTATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; RAT;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MIDLINE THALAMIC NUCLEI; MIFEPRISTONE; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE;

EID: 0242636665     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.2003.01091.x     Document Type: Article

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