The role of the medial and central amygdala in stress-induced suppression of pulsatile LH secretion in female rats

Endocrinology

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 545-555

  Lin, Yuanshao ^a,b   Li, Xiaofeng ^a,b   Lupi, Micol ^a   Kinsey Jones, James S ^a   Shao, Bei ^b   Lightman, Strafford L ^c   O'Byrne, Kevin T ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; GONADORELIN; IBOTENIC ACID; INSULIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN HYPOGLYCEMIA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; PULSE GENERATOR; RAT; SHAM FEEDING;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; IBOTENIC ACID; INSULIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARIECTOMY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79951660477     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2010-1003     Document Type: Article

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