Steroid control of gonadotropin-releasing hormone secretion: Associated changes in pro-opiomelanocortin and preproenkephalin messenger RNA expression in the ovine hypothalamus

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 524-531

  Taylor, James A ^a   Goubillon, Marie Laure ^a   Broad, Kevin D ^a   Robinson, Jane E ^a,b  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Luteinizing hormone; Neurotransmitters; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; METENKEPHALIN; OPIATE PEPTIDE; PREPROENDOTHELIN; PROGESTERONE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; STEROID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTRUS; EWE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE INHIBITION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PENK GENE; POMC GENE; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ENKEPHALINS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEAL PHASE; OVARIECTOMY; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; STEROIDS;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33847196494     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.106.055533     Document Type: Article

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