Effects of ovariectomy on the neuroendocrine axes regulating reproduction and energy balance in young cynomolgus macaques

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 146-153

  Sandoval Guzman T ^a   Stalcup, S T ^a   Krajewski, S J ^a   Voytko, M L ^b   Rance, Naomi E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

GnRH; Hypothalamus; Leptin; LH; Menopause; Neurokinin; Oestrogen; POMC

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROKININ B; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; SEX HORMONE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERTROPHY; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHESIS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MACACA; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBEROHYPOPHYSEAL TRACT;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPERTROPHY; LEPTIN; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MENOPAUSE; NEUROKININ B; NEURONS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 1342290357     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0953-8194.2004.01143.x     Document Type: Article

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