Effects of cycle stage on regionalised galanin, galanin receptors 1-3, GNRH and GNRH receptor mrna expression in the ovine hypothalamus

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 212, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 353-361

  Whitelaw, Christine Margaret ^a   Robinson, Jane Elizabeth ^a   Hastie, Peter Mark ^a   Padmanabhan, Vasantha ^b   Evans, Neil Price ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GALANIN; GALANIN RECEPTOR 1; GALANIN RECEPTOR 2; GALANIN RECEPTOR 3; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; EWE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; LUTEAL PHASE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; ORGANUM VASCULOSUM OF THE LAMINA TERMINALIS; OVARY CYCLE; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROIDOGENESIS; STRIA TERMINALIS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROUS CYCLE; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GALANIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEAL PHASE; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PREOPTIC AREA; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTOR, GALANIN, TYPE 1; RECEPTOR, GALANIN, TYPE 2; RECEPTOR, GALANIN, TYPE 3; RECEPTORS, GALANIN; RECEPTORS, LHRH; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP;

EID: 84857868419     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/JOE-11-0352     Document Type: Article

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