Oestrogen-Dependent Suppression of Pulsatile Luteinising Hormone Secretion and Kiss1 mRNA Expression in the Arcuate Nucleus During Late Lactation in Rats

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1234-1242

  Yamada, S ^a,b   Uenoyama, Y ^a   Deura, C ^a   Minabe, S ^a   Naniwa, Y ^a   Iwata, K ^a   Kawata, M ^b   Maeda, K I ^a   Tsukamura, H ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gonadotrophin releasing hormone; Kiss1; Kisspeptin; Lactation; Luteinising hormone; Oestrogen

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; METASTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; LACTATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; KISSPEPTINS; LACTATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MIDLINE THALAMIC NUCLEI; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84865312253     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2012.02330.x     Document Type: Article

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