Neuropeptide glutamic acid-isoleucine may induce luteinizing hormone secretion via multiple pathways

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 83, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 313-324

  Attademo, Andres M ^a   Rondini, Tatiane A R ^b   Rodrigues, Bruno C ^b   Bittencourt, Jackson C ^b   Celis, María Ester ^a   Elias, Carol F ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Hypothalamus; Prepro melanin concentrating hormone; Progesterone; Reproduction; Zona incerta

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE PLUS PROGESTERONE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GONADORELIN; ISOLEUCINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEUROHORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PROTEIN FOS; SESAME SEED OIL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ZONA INCERTA;

ANIMALS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROSENCEPHALON; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBTHALAMUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33750914909     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096052     Document Type: Article

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