Oestrogen-dependent stimulation of luteinising hormone release by galanin-like peptide in female rats

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 626-631

  Uenoyama, Y ^a   Tsukamura, H ^a,b   Kinoshita, M ^a   Yamada, S ^a   Iwata, K ^a   Pheng, V ^a   Sajapitak, S ^a   Sakakibara, M ^a   Ohtaki, T ^c   Matsumoto, H ^c   Maeda, Kei Ichiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED   (Japan)

Author keywords

Galanin like peptide; Luteinising hormone; Oestrogen; Zucker rats

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GALANIN LIKE PEPTIDE; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; RAT;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GALANIN-LIKE PEPTIDE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OBESITY; OVARIECTOMY; PULSATILE FLOW; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RATS, ZUCKER; THINNESS;

EID: 42149096523     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2008.01703.x     Document Type: Article

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