Identification of prolactin-sensitive GABA and kisspeptin neurons in regions of the rat hypothalamus involved in the control of fertility

Endocrinology

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 526-535

  Kokay, Ilona C ^a   Petersen, Sandra L ^b   Grattan, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; DIGOXIGENIN; ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROLACTIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BIRTH CONTROL; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RNA PROBE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, PROLACTIN;

EID: 79951656002     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2010-0668     Document Type: Article

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