Leptin-receptor gene transfer into the arcuate nucleus of female fatty Zucker rats using recombinant adeno-associated viral vectors stimulates the hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal axis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 266-272

  Keen Rhinehart, Erin ^a,b   Kalra, Satya P ^b   Kalra, Pushpa S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Hypothalamic hormones; Leptin; Leptin receptor; Neuropeptide Y

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GONADORELIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; DEPENDOVIRUS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; MICROINJECTIONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; OBESITY; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, ZUCKER; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 3142767549     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.025858     Document Type: Conference Paper

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