Effect of endotoxin on the expression of GnRH and GnRHR genes in the hypothalamus and anterior pituitary gland of anestrous ewes

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 120, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 105-111

  Herman, Andrzej Przemysław ^a   Tomaszewska Zaremba, Dorota ^a  

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

Author keywords

Ewe; GnRH; GnRHR; Hypothalamus; LPS

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; ENDOTOXIN, ESCHERICHIA COLI; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANESTRUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; HYPOTHALAMUS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SECRETION; SHEEP;

ANESTRUS; ANIMALS; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; RECEPTORS, LHRH; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77954842096     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2010.03.011     Document Type: Article

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