Role of hypothalamus nociceptin/orphanin FQ in pre-ovulatory luteinizing hormone surge of estrogen and progesterone-primed, ovariectomized rats

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1189-1197

  An, Xiao Fei ^a   Yu, Jiang Yi ^a   Feng, Yi ^b   Chen, Bo Ying ^b   Zhang, Su Lin ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Estrus cycle; Hypothalamus; Luteinizing hormone; Opioid receptor like 1 receptor; Orphanin FQ

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; NOCICEPTIN; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; OPIATE RECEPTOR; OPIOID RECEPTOR LIKE 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PROGESTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; DRUG EFFECT; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREOPTIC AREA; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZONA INCERTA;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ESTROGENS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OPIOID PEPTIDES; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 34547594238     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: 17457254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7254.2007.00587.x     Document Type: Article

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