Glucocorticoid counteracts the suppressive effect of tumor necrosis factor-α on the surge of luteinizing hormone secretion in rats

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 509-513

  Matsuwaki, Takashi ^a   Suzuki, Masatoshi ^a   Yamanouchi, Keitaro ^a   Nishihara, Masugi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOKINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; INDOMETACIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROSTAGLANDIN DERIVATIVE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; HORMONE INHIBITION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVULATION INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RAT; REPRODUCTION; STRESS;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; FEMALE; INDOMETHACIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVULATION; PROESTRUS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SECRETORY RATE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 3042845750     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1810509     Document Type: Article

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