Release of norepinephrine in the preoptic area activates anteroventral periventricular nucleus neurons and stimulates the surge of luteinizing hormone

Endocrinology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 363-374

  Szawka, Raphael E ^a,b,c   Poletini, Maristela O ^a,c   Leite, Cristiane M ^b   Bernuci, Marcelo P ^b   Kalil, Bruna ^b   Mendonça, Leonardo B D ^b   Carolino, Ruither O G ^b   Helena, Cleyde V V ^c   Bertram, Richard ^c   Franci, Celso R ^b   Anselmo Franci, Janete A ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 BROMO N (2 CHLOROETHYL) N ETHYLBENZYLAMINE; ESTRADIOL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NORADRENALIN; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTEROVENTRAL PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; LOCUS CERULEUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MICRODIALYSIS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR THALAMIC NUCLEI; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MICRODIALYSIS; NOREPINEPHRINE; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84871688426     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2012-1302     Document Type: Article

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