Nitric oxide synthase inhibition prevents leptin induced Gn-RH release in prepubertal and peripubertal female rats

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 423-427

  Reynoso, R ^a   Cardoso, N ^a   Szwarcfarb, B ^a   Carbone, S ^a   Ponzo, O ^a   Moguilevsky, J A ^a   Scacchi, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

GABA; Glutamate; Gn RH; Leptin; Nitric oxide; Puberty

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GONADORELIN; LEPTIN; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE INHIBITION; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PREOPTIC AREA; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL MATURATION;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; LEPTIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 34547803765     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-970161     Document Type: Article

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