Diurnal oscillation in glial fibrillary acidic protein in a perisuprachiasmatic area and its relationship to the luteinizing hormone surge in the female rat

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 368-376

  Fernandez Galaz, Maria Carmen ^a   Muñoz, Raul Martinez ^b   Villanua, Maria Angeles ^b   Garcia Segura, Luis Miguel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Circadian rhythms; Estrous cycle; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Gonadal steroids; Gonadotropins; Prolactin; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OIL; SILASTIC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUNLIGHT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0345008908     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054498     Document Type: Article

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