A novel animal model to study hot flashes: No effect of gonadotropin-releasing hormone

Menopause

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1030-1036

  Albertson, Asher J ^a   Skinner, Donal C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Hot flash; Menopause; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; EWE; FEMALE; HOT FLUSH; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CAUSALITY; CHEEK; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; EAR; FEMALE; FEVER; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HEART RATE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MENOPAUSE; OVARIECTOMY; SHEEP; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 73349096600     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3181a9f60b     Document Type: Article

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