Regulation by estradiol of hypothalamic somatostatin gene expression: Possible involvement of somatostatin in the control of luteinizing hormone secretion in the ewe

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 38-44

  Pillon, Delphine ^a   Caraty, Alain ^a   Fabre Nys, Claude ^a   Lomet, Didier ^a   Cateau, Marilyn ^a   Bruneau, Gilles ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Hypothalamus; Luteinizing hormone; Somatostatin

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; GONADORELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADORELIN RELEASE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFUNDIBULUM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHEEP; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATOSTATIN GENE; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SHEEP; SOMATOSTATIN;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 3142755629     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.023689     Document Type: Article

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