Does nitric oxide act in the ventromedial preoptic area to mediate oestrogen negative feedback in the seasonally anoestrous ewe?

Reproduction

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 137-145

  McManus, Christina J ^a   Valent, Miroslav ^a   Hardy, Steven L ^a,b   Goodman, Robert L ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Fairmont State Community and Technical College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

7 NITROINDAZOLE; ESTROGEN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; S METHYLTHIOCITRULLINE;

ANESTRUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EWE; FEMALE; HORMONE INHIBITION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MICROINJECTION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANESTRUS; ANIMALS; CITRULLINE; DRUG IMPLANTS; ESTROGENS; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MICROINJECTIONS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PREOPTIC AREA; SEASONS; SHEEP; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; THIOUREA;

EID: 34547830221     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-06-0333     Document Type: Article

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