Regulatory roles of leptin at the hypothalamic-hypophyseal axis before and after sexual maturation in cattle

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 804-812

  Zieba, D A ^a   Amstalden, M ^a   Morton, S ^a   Maciel, M N ^a   Keisler, D H ^b   Williams, G L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Leptin; Luteinizing hormone; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; RECOMBINANT LEPTIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GONADORELIN RELEASE; GROWTH REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FASTING; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE; PULSATILE FLOW; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; OVIS;

EID: 4243114125     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.028548     Document Type: Article

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