The role of noradrenaline in the generation of the preovulatory LH surge in the ewe

Domestic Animal Endocrinology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 260-275

  Clarke, Iain J ^a   Scott, Christopher J ^b,c   Pereira, Alda ^a   Pompolo, Sueli ^a  

^a HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adrenergic antagonist; Brain stem; Dopamine; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Preoptic area

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; DOXAZOSIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL 3-BENZOATE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBER; OVARIECTOMY; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREOPTIC AREA; SECRETION; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SHEEP;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; DOXAZOSIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NERVE FIBERS; NOREPINEPHRINE; OVARIECTOMY; OVULATION; PREOPTIC AREA; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-1; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SHEEP;

OVIS;

EID: 33646066849     PISSN: 07397240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2005.07.006     Document Type: Article

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