Circadian Regulation of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons and the Preovulatory Surge in Luteinizing Hormone in the Diurnal Rodent, Arvicanthis niloticus, and in a Nocturnal Rodent, Rattus norvegicus

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1049-1054

  Mahoney, Megan M ^a   Sisk, Cheryl ^a   Ross, Heather E ^b   Smale, Laura ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Circadian rhythm; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Luteinizing hormone; Neuroendocrinology

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN FOS; STEROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; FEMALE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; RODENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MURIDAE; NEURONS; PHOTOPERIOD; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS;

ANIMALIA; ARVICANTHIS; ARVICANTHIS NILOTICUS; MURIDAE; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 1642409990     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.021360     Document Type: Article

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