Changes in the GnRH mRNA and GnRH receptor (GnRH-R) mRNA levels in the hypothalamic-anterior pituitary unit of anestrous ewes after infusion of GnRH into the third cerebral ventricle

Reproductive Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-161

  Łapot, Magdalena ^a   Ciechanowska, Magdalena ^a   Malewski, Tadeusz ^b   Mateusiak, Krystyna ^a   Misztal, Tomasz ^a   Przekop, Franciszek ^a  

^a KIELANOWSKI INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND NUTRITION   (Poland)

^b MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anestrous ewes; Cerebral ventricle; GnRH; GnRH receptor

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANESTRUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; BRAIN VENTRICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP;

ANESTRUS; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; RECEPTORS, LHRH; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP;

EID: 54449097138     PISSN: 1642431X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1642-431X(12)60010-2     Document Type: Article

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