Orexin A and B levels in the hypothalamus of female rats: The effects of the estrous cycle and age

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 737-742

  Porkka Heiskanen, T ^b   Kalinchuk, A ^b   Alanko, L ^b   Huhtaniemi, I ^a   Stenberg, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OREXIN A; OREXIN B; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; STEROID;

ACCURACY; AGING; ALERTNESS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; SLEEP; VAGINA SMEAR;

AGING; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMIC AREA, LATERAL; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; NEUROPEPTIDES; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROESTRUS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 2942718556     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1500737     Document Type: Article

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