Effect of leptin on LH levels and hypothalamic release of GnRH. Its relationship with the hypothalamic neurotransmitter amino acids system in adult male rats

Endocrine Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-187

  Ponzo, Osvaldo J ^a   Reynoso, Roxana ^a   Rondina, Dora ^a   Szwarcfarb, Berta ^a   Carbone, Silvia ^a   Scacchi, Pablo ^a,b   Moguilevsky, Jaime A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Excitatory amino acids; GABA; GnRH; Leptin; LH; Male rats

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GONADORELIN; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; EXPERIMENT; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE INHIBITION; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 4544233883     PISSN: 07435800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/ERC-200027378     Document Type: Article

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