Daily GnRH and GnRH-receptor mRNA expression in the ovariectomized and intact rat

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 252, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 120-125

  Schirman Hildesheim, Tamar D ^a   Ben Aroya, Nurit ^a   Koch, Yitzhak ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Daily expression pattern; Estrus cycle; GnRH mRNA; GnRH receptor mRNA; Ovariectomized rats; Rat hypothalamus; Rat pituitary

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; OVARIECTOMY; PITUITARY GLAND; RATS; RECEPTORS, LHRH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 33745221202     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2006.03.010     Document Type: Article

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