Fourth ventricular alloxan injection suppresses pulsatile luteinizing hormone release in female rats

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 279-285

  Kinoshita, Mika ^a   I'Anson, Helen ^b   Tsukamura, Hiroko ^a   Maeda, Kei Ichiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alloxan; Ependymocytes; Glucokinase; Hindbrain; LH

Indexed keywords

ALLOXAN; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; ESTROGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; RAT; REPRODUCTION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN VENTRICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; PANCREAS; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA;

ALLOXAN; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRAIN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GLUCOKINASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PANCREAS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 16544375804     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.50.279     Document Type: Article

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