Temporal changes occur in the neuroendocrine control of gonadotropin secretion in aging female rats: Role of progesterone

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 845-852

  Tsai, Houng Wei ^a,b   Lapolt, Philip S ^a,c   Olcott, Angelica P ^a   Lu, John K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Follicle stimulating hormone; Luteinizing hormone; Neuroendocrinology; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MATING; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; DRUG IMPLANTS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; OVARIECTOMY; POSTURE; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 4243175920     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.029090     Document Type: Article

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