Progesterone-receptive β-endorphin and dynorphin B neurons in the arcuate nucleus project to regions of high gonadotropin-releasing hormone neuron density in the ovine preoptic area: A retrograde labeling study

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 139-149

  Dufourny, Laurence ^a,b   Caraty, Alain ^b   Clarke, Iain J ^c   Robinson, Jane E ^d   Skinner, Donal C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluorogold; Gonadal steroid receptors; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Opioid peptides; Reproduction; Sheep

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; DYNORPHIN B; ESTROGEN; FLUOROGOLD; GONADORELIN; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN RETRIEVAL; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BETA-ENDORPHIN; DYNORPHINS; ENDORPHINS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PREOPTIC AREA; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SHEEP; STAINING AND LABELING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 23844495815     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086527     Document Type: Article

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